CVE-2026-8494 | The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerabl… | CVSS 6.4 MEDIUM

Description

The Permalink Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post titles in the admin URI Editor interface in all versions up to, and including, 2.5.3.3 due to insufficient output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the admin Permalink Manager page that will execute whenever an administrator accesses the Permalink Manager page.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-8494
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 2026-05-13 16:48 UTC
Published: 2026-06-17 06:49 UTC
Last updated: 2026-06-17 10:37 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-79
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Gene…
Vendor / Product: mbis / Permalink Manager Lite
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

6.4 MEDIUM CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Tech. Impact: partial

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
mbis	Permalink Manager Lite	—	0 ≤ 2.5.3.3

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-79	cna	CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
6.4	MEDIUM	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References (5)