Author-level stored XSS via unsanitized global assets
Published Aug 4, 2026 · Updated Aug 4, 2026
Stored XSS in ThemeFuse Brizy - Page Builder before 2.8.19 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript in visitors' browsers. brizy_set_project lets Author-level users overwrite the global project with compiled code assets that are emitted unescaped in page headers. Exploitation requires an Author account, a published Brizy page, and multisite or DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML; every visitor, including administrators, executes the payload.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in ThemeFuse Brizy - Page Builder before 2.8.19 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript in visitors' browsers. brizy_set_project lets Author-level users overwrite the global project with compiled code assets that are emitted unescaped in page headers. Exploitation requires an Author account, a published Brizy page, and multisite or DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML; every visitor, including administrators, executes the payload.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-16068
- Published
- Aug 4, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 4, 2026
- Vendor
- ThemeFuse
- Product
- Brizy - Page Builder
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 4, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 4, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.8.19
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- WPScan brizy_set_project proof of conceptfunctional · validated
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