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Pinterest Site Verification plugin using Meta Tag <= 1.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_var'

Published Apr 8, 2026

Description

The Pinterest Site Verification plugin using Meta Tag plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_var' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Wordfence
Published Apr 8, 2026
Updated Apr 8, 2026
Reserved Feb 24, 2026
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Apr 8, 2026
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Jul 25, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a