Vulnerability · Published Aug 16, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-16775Smash Balloon Social Post Feed <= 4.9.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'id' Shortcode Attribute
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress from smub. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'id' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.0 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| smub | Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress | 0 – through 4.9.0 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ae039144-2c02-4a00-9fff-f4e90a6a8236?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-facebook-feed/tags/4.9.0/inc/CFF_Shortcode.php#L1149
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-facebook-feed/tags/4.9.0/inc/CFF_Shortcode.php#L312
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-facebook-feed/tags/4.9.0/inc/CFF_FB_Settings.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3640517/custom-facebook-feed/trunk/inc/CFF_Shortcode.php?old=3465306&old_path=custom-facebook-feed%2Ftrunk%2Finc%2FCFF_Shortcode.php