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CVE-2026-8042

The Github Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'repo' shortcode attribute in the 'github' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:05709307d9b056aff872f36ee3ccdb09395b6e4b11a7aa3b2bde6e444959e760

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Github Shortcode","vendor":"octalmage","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"0.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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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_v5cvss
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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"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

3 source assertions

{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/github-shortcode/tags/0.1/githubshortcode.php#L25"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/github-shortcode/trunk/githubshortcode.php#L25"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6848b7a-d869-41e7-9f33-01a35b6d4822?source=cve"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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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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