CVE-2026-13253Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks for News, Magazines, Blog Websites <= 5.0.31 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'moreResultsText' Block Attribute
The Ultimate Post plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'moreResultsText' block attribute of the ultimate-post/advanced-search block in versions up to and including 5.0.31. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the Advanced_Search::content() render callback: the attribute value is filtered with wp_kses(), which strips disallowed HTML tags but does NOT escape HTML special characters such as double quotes in plain text, and the result is then concatenated directly into the data-viewmoretext HTML attribute without esc_attr(). 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.
Overview
Severity
| Score | Severity | Version | Vector String |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6.4 | MEDIUM | 3.1Wordfence (CNA) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Details
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-13253
- Status
- Deferred
- Assigner (CNA)
- Wordfence
- Published
- Jul 9, 2026
- Last modified
- 2026-07-09 18:16 UTC
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Affected Products
As published by the CNA in the CVE record.
wpxpoPost Grid Gutenberg Blocks – PostX1 version range
- through 5.0.31
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.27/blocks/Advanced_Search.php#L108
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.27/blocks/Advanced_Search.php#L116
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.27/classes/Blocks.php#L231
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.28/blocks/Advanced_Search.php#L108
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.28/blocks/Advanced_Search.php#L116
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.28/classes/Blocks.php#L231
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3598669%40ultimate-post&new=3598669%40ultimate-post
- wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/070ccd70-22c3-47f1-9dce-a884bff9ea76?source=cve