CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-12157
The BetterDocs - Knowledge Base Docs & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the blockId attribute of the betterdocs/category-slate-layout Gutenberg block in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the CategorySlateLayout::render() method, which echoes the blockId block attribute directly into an HTML class attribute without esc_attr(). This makes it possi
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, Docs, Wikis, FAQ with Chatbot","vendor":"wpdevteam","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"4.5.3","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:445b240623a4958f4592a3ec245d943b4db45011fffea725cc2c49162716d28c · sha256:c6e478e1f94ad934… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:445b240623a4958f4592a3ec245d943b4db45011fffea725cc2c49162716d28c · sha256:c6e478e1f94ad934… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
6 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betterdocs/tags/4.3.12/includes/Editors/BlockEditor/Blocks/CategorySlateLayout.php#L66"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:445b240623a4958f4592a3ec245d943b4db45011fffea725cc2c49162716d28c · sha256:c6e478e1f94ad934… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betterdocs/tags/4.3.12/includes/Editors/BlockEditor/Blocks/CategorySlateLayout.php#L97"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:445b240623a4958f4592a3ec245d943b4db45011fffea725cc2c49162716d28c · sha256:c6e478e1f94ad934… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betterdocs/tags/4.5.3/includes/Editors/BlockEditor/Blocks/CategorySlateLayout.php#L66"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:445b240623a4958f4592a3ec245d943b4db45011fffea725cc2c49162716d28c · sha256:c6e478e1f94ad934… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betterdocs/tags/4.5.3/includes/Editors/BlockEditor/Blocks/CategorySlateLayout.php#L97"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:445b240623a4958f4592a3ec245d943b4db45011fffea725cc2c49162716d28c · sha256:c6e478e1f94ad934… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3576713%40betterdocs&new=3576713%40betterdocs&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:445b240623a4958f4592a3ec245d943b4db45011fffea725cc2c49162716d28c · sha256:c6e478e1f94ad934… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/81f61ef0-b3c7-4c69-bd18-5e5f0ea09abc?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:445b240623a4958f4592a3ec245d943b4db45011fffea725cc2c49162716d28c · sha256:c6e478e1f94ad934… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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