Vulnerability · Published May 12, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-6913Shortcodely <= 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'widget_area' Shortcode Attribute
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Shortcodely from patilswapnilv. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Shortcodely plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'widget_area' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.1 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| patilswapnilv | Shortcodely | 0 – through 1.0.1 |
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/08ef43cc-42ea-43bd-a590-4f9b2c719491?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/trunk/shortcodely.php#L118
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/tags/1.0.1/shortcodely.php#L118
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/trunk/shortcodely.php#L73
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/tags/1.0.1/shortcodely.php#L73
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/trunk/shortcodely.php#L92
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/tags/1.0.1/shortcodely.php#L92