01 Record
CVE-2026-77871
Post Snippets <= 4.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score6.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Post Snippets <= 4.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- Not scored by EPSS
- EPSS percentile
- Not scored by EPSS
- NVD base score
- 6.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Received. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-28.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-28 06:45Z1 HR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-28 06:45Z1 HR AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-08-21
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d3e6475993096c09f57ea20b6e6a78c39cd4d99580cb4ac713a43a58e516881c
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a46c37f4-245d-423f-bdad-296fdf377ecc?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-snippets/tags/4.2.3/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php#L183
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-snippets/tags/4.2.4/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php#L183
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-snippets/tags/4.2.4/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php#L140
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-snippets/tags/4.2.4/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php#L70
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-snippets/tags/4.2.4/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php#L29
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-snippets/tags/4.2.3/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php#L140
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-snippets/tags/4.2.3/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php#L70
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/post-snippets/tags/4.2.3/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php#L29
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3759640/post-snippets/trunk/src/PostSnippets/Shortcode.php