CVE-2026-18435

The Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'toggleIcon' Block Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.7.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.8/includes/blocks/class-kadence-blocks-table-of-contents-block.php#L293
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/kadence-blocks/tags/3.7.8/includes/class-kadence-blocks-table-of-contents.php#L936
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3624906%40kadence-blocks&new=3624906%40kadence-blocks
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f346cc7-92ad-4f76-a71c-864c22ed56b5?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-01 09:17

Updated : 2026-08-12 21:00

NVD link : CVE-2026-18435

Mitre link : CVE-2026-18435

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-18435

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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