CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-6397
6.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-05-20
- Last modified
- 2026-07-24
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The Sticky plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `cvmh-sticky` shortcode `readmoretext` attribute in versions up to and including 2.5.6. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the `cvmh_sticky_front_render()` function — the `readmoretext` attribute value is passed through `apply_filters()` and directly concatenated into the HTML output without any escaping function such as `esc_html()`. 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 a page containing the injected shortcode.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky/tags/2.5.6/includes/functions.php#L118 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky/tags/2.5.6/includes/shortcode.php#L7 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky/trunk/includes/functions.php#L118 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky/trunk/includes/shortcode.php#L7 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/135783c5-8175-4775-a013-f1e2bef04479?source=cve www.wordfence.com