---
id: CVE-2026-16260
title: >-
  The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate  WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does
  not sanitise and escape one of its custom post type settings before outputting
  it in an HTML attribute on the admin edit screen, allowing users with the
  Contri…
summary: >-
  The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate  WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does
  not sanitise and escape one of its custom post type settings before outputting
  it in an HTML attribute on the admin edit screen, allowing users with the
  Contri…
severity: none
published: '2026-08-22'
updated: '2026-08-22'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16260'
references:
  - url: 'https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/87c95831-d1b4-42b2-8fc7-6cba60fca400/'
    label: contact@wpscan.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00431
epssPercentile: 0.34619
ingestedAt: '2026-08-23T04:42:12.872Z'
---

## Overview

The Post Grid, Slider & Carousel Ultimate  WordPress plugin before 1.8.1 does not sanitise and escape one of its custom post type settings before outputting it in an HTML attribute on the admin edit screen, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to inject JavaScript that executes in the session of any administrator who opens the affected item.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.