Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-3998WM JqMath <= 1.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'style' Shortcode Attribute
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in WM JqMath from webmindpt. 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 18% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
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 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)
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/b4aebb45-b47b-4b5a-8281-400a4b786689?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/trunk/wm_jqmath.php#L33
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/tags/1.3/wm_jqmath.php#L33
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/trunk/wm_jqmath.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/tags/1.3/wm_jqmath.php#L27