CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-3998
The WM JqMath plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'style' shortcode attribute of the [jqmath] shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. The generate_jqMathFormula() function directly concatenates the 'style' attribute value into an HTML style attribute without applying esc_attr() or any other escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated at
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"WM JqMath","vendor":"webmindpt","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.3","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"}
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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"}
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Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/tags/1.3/wm_jqmath.php#L27"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/tags/1.3/wm_jqmath.php#L33"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/trunk/wm_jqmath.php#L27"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/trunk/wm_jqmath.php#L33"}
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4aebb45-b47b-4b5a-8281-400a4b786689?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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