PT-2026-42075 · WordPress · Faces Of Users

Zakaria · Published 2026-05-20 · Updated 2026-05-28 · CVE-2026-8038

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Faces of Users versions prior to 0.0.4

Description The Faces of Users plugin for WordPress contains a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue. This occurs due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping within the default attribute of the 'facesofusers' shortcode. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, which then execute when a user visits the affected page.

Recommendations Update the plugin to a version later than 0.0.3. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the default attribute in the 'facesofusers' shortcode for users with Contributor-level access.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-8038

Affected Products

Faces Of Users

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8038 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ea39d249-0345-4028-af58-31b298376950?source=cve · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/54323 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faces-of-users/trunk/faces-of.php#L62 · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/faces-of-users/tags/0.0.3/faces-of.php#L62 · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/StopBadBots/comments/1tqd1k6/critical_38_plugins_no_fix_no_mercy_if_youve_got · Reddit Post