CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-4073
The pdfl.io plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'pdflio' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'text' shortcode attribute. The output_shortcode() function directly concatenates the user-supplied $text variable into HTML output without applying esc_html() or any other escaping function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access an
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"pdfl.io","vendor":"dougblackjr","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.0.5","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
6 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/tags/1.0.5/pdflio.php#L117"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/tags/1.0.5/pdflio.php#L81"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/trunk/pdflio.php#L117"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:14290eec224d3a317418aeef47f44c3841e0ea4893cf86731c3e38db5257c725 · sha256:2d9630ee7916a72d… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/trunk/pdflio.php#L81"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:14290eec224d3a317418aeef47f44c3841e0ea4893cf86731c3e38db5257c725 · sha256:2d9630ee7916a72d… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3492458%40pdfl-io&new=3492458%40pdfl-io"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:14290eec224d3a317418aeef47f44c3841e0ea4893cf86731c3e38db5257c725 · sha256:2d9630ee7916a72d… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2bf70203-61c0-406a-9110-b60761b4a513?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:14290eec224d3a317418aeef47f44c3841e0ea4893cf86731c3e38db5257c725 · sha256:2d9630ee7916a72d… · /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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