CVE-2026-42643 — Image Widget [image-widget] < 4.4.12

CVE	Vulnerability	Type	Severity	Affected	Fixed in	Published	Status
CVE-2026-42643	Image Widget [image-widget] < 4.4.12	—	Medium 5.9	< 4.4.12	4.4.12	2026-03-17	—

CVE-2026-42643

The Image Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 4.4.11 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Source: Wordfence

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