CVE-2026-8899
The Auto Thumbnail plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'thumbnails' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the shortcode's 'width' and 'height' attributes in the athn_thumbnails() function, which are concatenated directly into an HTML <img> tag. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published:May 27, 2026
Last Modified:May 27, 2026
EPS:May 27, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00029
CVSS Score:6.4
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Gapgag55
Product
Auto Thumbnails
Gapgag55
Auto Thumbnails
Vendor
Wordpress
Product
Wordpress
Wordpress
Wordpress
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
