CVE-2026-18395

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.45.4—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 5.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-06. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 5.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated
5.4EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.4Exploit: Elevated riskExposed: 0

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

The Child Pages Card WordPress plugin before 1.09 does not sanitise and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page, allowing users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

CVSS v3
5.4
EG Score
5.4(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: 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
Severity54% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 6, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Child Pages Card < 1.09 – Contributor+ Stored XSS via Shortcode Attributes | CVE 2026-18395 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/999656c5-2e2d-4af8-9941-36184545f487/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-18395(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 21× in last 7d / 49× 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. 2026-08-20 08:16 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-20 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-19 08:38 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-08-19 08:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-18 09:02 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-08-18 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-08-17 09:22 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-17 09:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-16 09:45 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-16 09:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-15 10:09 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-15 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-14 10:32 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-14 10:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-13 10:55 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-13 10:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-12 11:19 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-12 11:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-11 11:41 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-11 11:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-08-10 12:05 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-10 12:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-09 12:27 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-09 12:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-08 12:50 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-08 12:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-07 13:13 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-07 13:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-06 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-06 13:36 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-06 13:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-06 13:09 UTCEG score recompute▲ 5.40
  20. 2026-08-06 13:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-06 13:08 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 5.4 · severity → MEDIUM
  22. 2026-08-06 07:17 UTCNVD update
  23. 2026-08-06 06:25 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-06 06:25 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-18395?
CVE-2026-18395 is a medium vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. The Child Pages Card WordPress plugin before 1.09 does not sanitise and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page, allowing users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
When was CVE-2026-18395 disclosed?
CVE-2026-18395 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-18395 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-18395 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 96.7% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-18395?
CVE-2026-18395 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 5.4 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-18395?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-18395, 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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