CVE-2026-16069 Brizy - Page Builder < 2.8.19 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Featured Image Focal Point
Contributors can inject scripts via focal point coordinates, leading to session hijacking of higher-privileged users reviewing posts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-16069?
CVE-2026-16069 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Brizy, published on 4 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
The Brizy WordPress plugin before 2.8.19 does not sanitize or escape featured-image focal-point coordinates submitted through one of its AJAX actions before storing them and later echoing them into HTML attributes in the post editor's Featured Image meta box, allowing users with the Contributor role or above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the session of a higher-privileged user who opens the post for review.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-16069?
How do I fix CVE-2026-16069?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-16069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-16069 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-16069 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xpm5-253f-8839.