CVE-2026-8897

Description

The Shortcode Buddy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.9.5 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.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a5eeae6-313a-4244-9d6a-583828521a3b?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-buddy/trunk/shortcodes/shortcodes.php#L156
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-buddy/trunk/shortcodes/shortcodes.php#L150

CWEs

CWE-79

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