CVE•Published 2026-08-19•Modified 2026-08-26•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2026-16617
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
27
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 73% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
The Simple File List WordPress plugin through 6.3.11 does not properly sanitise and escape a file's description before outputting it on the public file list, allowing unauthenticated users (when front-end file management is enabled) to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of any visitor viewing the list.
Timeline
Published 2026-08-19
Modified 2026-08-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2026-16617Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2026-16617Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2026-16617Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2026-16617GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2026-16617" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.