Brizy focal-point coordinates permit administrator-facing stored XSS
Brizy before 2.8.19 accepts featured-image focal-point coordinates through an authenticated AJAX action, stores them without sanitization and later echoes them into HTML attributes in the post editor's Featured Image meta box. A Contributor can submit an attribute-breaking value that executes JavaScript in the session of a higher-privileged user who opens the post for review. The public advisory does not disclose the AJAX action, coordinate parameters, metadata keys or rendering function.
- Component
- Brizy
- Plugin slug
brizy- Affected
- < 2.8.19
- Safe version
2.8.19- Published
- Aug 04, 2026
This CVE was published Aug 04, 2026 and is one of 34 known issues for this plugin.
Update, patch or deactivate.
Update Brizy to 2.8.19 or later. Review focal-point metadata on Contributor-authored posts before administrators open them and invalidate privileged sessions if suspicious posts were reviewed while vulnerable.
A safe version is available, so updating to that version or later is the preferred remediation. If an immediate update is not practical, consider a targeted application patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality.
Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.
Technical 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.
CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H