---
id: CVE-2026-93535
title: >-
  The Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'icon_light'
  Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.17 due to
  insufficient …
summary: >-
  The Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme plugin for
  WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'icon_light'
  Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.17 due to
  insufficient …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: wppool
product: Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme
affected:
  - dark_mode_improve_accessibility_with_ai_powered_dark_theme <= 5.3.17
published: '2026-10-16'
updated: '2026-10-16'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-16T15:17:36.073'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93535'
references:
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3704136/'
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/023b70db-da91-4a35-9d1f-9c90534f29d0?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00152
epssPercentile: 0.04254
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-16T14:35:03.518765Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-16T03:57:49.272Z'
---

## Overview

The Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'icon_light' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 5.3.17 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.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.