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CVE-2026-83532: Custom Menu Wizard Widget (WordPress plugin) · Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Affects Custom Menu Wizard Widget (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.8 Medium.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 05:12 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.8Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 37% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 12 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Custom Menu Wizard WidgetAffected
  • <=3.3.1
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Users should restrict contributor-level access carefully and consider disabling or removing the Custom Menu Wizard Widget plugin until a fix is available. Monitor the vendor or plugin repository for updates addressing this vulnerability.

Description

The Custom Menu Wizard Widget WordPress plugin through 3.3.1 does not sanitize and escape several shortcode attributes before rendering them into HTML, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when the affected content is viewed.

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