Cross-site Scripting (XSS)Weakness · CWE-79

CVE-2026-53737

MEDIUM · 6.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-06-10
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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68/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Juicer through 1.12.18 fails to escape remote feed API response fields before rendering them on the admin settings page. Attackers controlling the connected feed data can inject script that executes in an administrator's browser when the settings page loads.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Juicer plugin versions through 1.12.18 suffer from a stored XSS vulnerability where remote feed API response data is rendered on the admin settings page without proper escaping. An attacker who controls the connected feed can inject malicious JavaScript that executes when an administrator views the settings page.

MitigationImplement output escaping (esc_html(), esc_attr(), or wp_kses()) on all feed response fields before rendering in the admin settings page. Validate and sanitize all external data before display.

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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify Juicer plugin installation and version
    Locate the Juicer plugin directory (wp-content/plugins/juicer or similar) and check the main plugin file header for the Version field, or check the plugin row in WordPress admin plugins list
    Affected if Version is 1.12.18 or lower
  2. Check for connected external feeds
    In WordPress admin, navigate to the Juicer plugin settings page (usually under Settings or a dedicated Juicer menu item) and look for any configured feed connections, or query the wp_options table for option names containing 'juicer' and 'feed'
    Affected if Any external feeds are connected to the plugin
  3. Verify feed data rendering on settings page
    Access the Juicer plugin admin settings page while authenticated as an administrator; inspect the page source or view the feed data displayed to confirm if API response data is rendered without visible sanitization markup
    Affected if Feed data appears on the settings page without HTML entity encoding (visible raw characters like < > instead of &lt; &gt;)

You are affected if the Juicer plugin version is 1.12.18 or lower AND external feeds are connected, as this combination allows the stored XSS to execute when you view the admin settings page.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement output escaping (esc_html(), esc_attr(), or wp_kses()) on all feed response fields before rendering in the admin settings page. Validate and sanitize all external data before display.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation4.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA1.0 h
10.0 hours of engineering $1,750
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