CVE-2026-8141

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-30. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.2
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

The Ajax Load More - Filters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'taxonomy_include_children' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2(high)
EPSS
17.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 30, 2026

Last Modified

June 30, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 30, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Facet Filtering with Ajax Load More | Add-ons | Ajax Load More

https://ajaxloadmore.com/add-ons/filters/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8141(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 38× in last 7d / 38× 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. 2026-07-06 20:09 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 20:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 08:18 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-06 08:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 20:29 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 20:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 08:40 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-05 08:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-04 20:51 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-04 20:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-04 09:03 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-04 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-03 21:12 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-03 21:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-03 09:24 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-03 09:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-02 21:36 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-02 21:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-02 09:48 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-02 09:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-01 21:59 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-01 21:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-01 10:09 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-01 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-30 22:20 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-06-30 22:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-06-30 10:32 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-06-30 10:31 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8141?
CVE-2026-8141 is a high vulnerability published on June 30, 2026. The Ajax Load More - Filters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'taxonomyincludechildren' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.4.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to…
When was CVE-2026-8141 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8141 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8141 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8141 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 17.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8141?
CVE-2026-8141 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8141?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8141, 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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