Vulnerabilities and security researches forwp-clippy wp-clippy

May 07, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-5505
Home page URL: Security reports for WP-Clippy
Application: WP-Clippy
Date: May 05, 2026
Research Description: The WP-Clippy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's `clippy` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected versions: max 1.0.0.
Status: vulnerable