CVE-2026-39642 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-39642: WordPress Nyla theme <= 1.7 - Arbitrary Shortcode Execution vulnerability

Vendor Spabrice

Product Nyla

Weakness CWE-80 · XSS · basic

Published May 26, 2026

Last update May 26, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.3/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required None

User interaction None

Confidentiality Low

Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in SpabRice Nyla allows Code Injection. This issue affects Nyla: from n/a through 1.7.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

SpabRice Nyla versions 1.7 and earlier contain an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker on the network can read sensitive data without authentication or user interaction. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating moderate risk to confidentiality.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive information from the application without authentication.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Sensitive data may be exposed to unauthenticated attackers on the network.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Network access to the application; no authentication or user interaction required.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

May 26, 2026 CVE published

May 26, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39642 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/80.html AskarLabs — CWE-80 write-up Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS)

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