# CVE-2026-19943: Gutenverse <= 4.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'titleTag' Block Attribute

> Authenticated contributors can inject malicious scripts via the titleTag attribute, leading to script execution in admin sessions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-548f-rjq8-x8r3

## What is CVE-2026-19943?

CVE-2026-19943 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in jegstudio Gutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor, published on 25 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Gutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'titleTag' Block Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The malicious titleTag value survives wp_kses_post on save because it is stored inside a block-comment delimiter and the live HTML is only synthesized at render time by do_blocks(), meaning the payload also fires in administrator and editor sessions during post preview.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-19943?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-19943?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-19943 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-19943 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-19943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-19943 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-19943 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in jegstudio Gutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor, published on 25 Aug 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-19943 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: jegstudio Gutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19943/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19943/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-19943
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-19943
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-19943

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-19943/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.