CVE-2026-12561

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.46.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-25. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.4Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The tagDiv Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the vc_raw_html shortcode in all versions up to and including 5.4.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the vc_raw_html::render() method, which base64-decodes shortcode content (after a strip_tags() that is bypassed because the encoded payload contains no tags on save) and concatenates the result directly into the page HTML. Because WordPress's save-time wp_kses_post() filter only sees the inert base64 text inside a normal shortcode bracket and does not decode it, the dangerous tags survive into post_content and are emitted unescaped at render time. 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 (for example, when an Editor or Administrator previews the pending post).

CVSS v3
6.4
EG Score
6.4(high)
EG Risk
33(Track)
EG Risk 33/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity64% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Basics: Using the tagDiv Composer Front-End Page Builder | tagDiv

https://tagdiv.com/tagdiv-composer-page-builder-basics/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12561(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 18× in last 7d / 18× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-30 01:21 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 19:19 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:40 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-27 18:11 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-27 18:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 14:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-26 16:44 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-26 16:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-26 13:49 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-26 13:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-25 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-25 13:22 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-25 13:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-25 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-25 04:45 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-25 04:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12561?
CVE-2026-12561 is a medium vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. The tagDiv Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the vcrawhtml shortcode in all versions up to and including 5.4.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the vcrawhtml::render() method, which base64-decodes shortcode content…
When was CVE-2026-12561 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12561 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026, with the most recent update on August 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12561 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12561 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 92.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12561?
CVE-2026-12561 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12561?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12561, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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