Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-4011Power Charts <= 0.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'id' Shortcode Attribute
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Power Charts – Responsive Beautiful Charts & Graphs from dgwyer. 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 Power Charts Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter of the [pc] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'id' shortcode attribute. Specifically, in the pc_shortcode() function, the 'id' attribute is extracted from user-supplied shortcode attributes and directly concatenated into an HTML div element's class attribute without any escaping or sanitization at line 62. The resulting HTML is then passed through html_entity_decode() before being returned, further undermining any potential safety. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| dgwyer | Power Charts – Responsive Beautiful Charts & Graphs | 0 – through 0.1.0 |
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/ea41d391-ba8d-43d9-8eda-69ac28c49328?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgo-power-charts-lite/tags/0.1.0/classes/power-charts-shortcodes.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgo-power-charts-lite/trunk/classes/power-charts-shortcodes.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgo-power-charts-lite/tags/0.1.0/classes/power-charts-shortcodes.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgo-power-charts-lite/trunk/classes/power-charts-shortcodes.php#L40