PT-2026-43529 · Vincentastolfi · Shortcode Buddy

Zakaria · Published 2026-05-27 · Updated 2026-05-27 · CVE-2026-8897

Mitre

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-8897

Affected Products

Shortcode Buddy

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8897 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-buddy/trunk/shortcodes/shortcodes.php#L150 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a5eeae6-313a-4244-9d6a-583828521a3b?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcode-buddy/trunk/shortcodes/shortcodes.php#L156 · Note