CVE-2026-16273: Unknown Narrative Publisher

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Narrative Publisher WordPress plugin through 1.0.7 does not restrict write access to a REST-exposed post meta field or escape it when rendering, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to store JavaScript that executes in the browser of any higher-privileged user who views the affected post.

Affected products

• Unknown Narrative Publisher: up to and including 1.0.7

Published 2026-08-02. Last modified 2026-08-26.