CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-6397
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 at
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Sticky","vendor":"cvmh","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.5.6","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:v2:229392c3b527cbf6e7683ae56bfdf7a258dca92e06b3a8986c4f0ff5e4a20b18 · sha256:7605640f6cfbc828… · /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:v2:229392c3b527cbf6e7683ae56bfdf7a258dca92e06b3a8986c4f0ff5e4a20b18 · sha256:7605640f6cfbc828… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky/tags/2.5.6/includes/functions.php#L118"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:229392c3b527cbf6e7683ae56bfdf7a258dca92e06b3a8986c4f0ff5e4a20b18 · sha256:7605640f6cfbc828… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky/tags/2.5.6/includes/shortcode.php#L7"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:229392c3b527cbf6e7683ae56bfdf7a258dca92e06b3a8986c4f0ff5e4a20b18 · sha256:7605640f6cfbc828… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky/trunk/includes/functions.php#L118"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:229392c3b527cbf6e7683ae56bfdf7a258dca92e06b3a8986c4f0ff5e4a20b18 · sha256:7605640f6cfbc828… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky/trunk/includes/shortcode.php#L7"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:229392c3b527cbf6e7683ae56bfdf7a258dca92e06b3a8986c4f0ff5e4a20b18 · sha256:7605640f6cfbc828… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/135783c5-8175-4775-a013-f1e2bef04479?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:229392c3b527cbf6e7683ae56bfdf7a258dca92e06b3a8986c4f0ff5e4a20b18 · sha256:7605640f6cfbc828… · /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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