Vulnerability · Published Jun 9, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-8841Extra Settings for RocketChat <= 0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Extra Settings for RocketChat from andrewabarber. 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 8% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Extra Settings for RocketChat plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'rocketchat' shortcode's 'title' attribute in versions up to, and including, 0.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the rxstg_shortcode() function, which concatenates the user-supplied 'title' attribute directly into HTML output. 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 |
|---|---|---|
| andrewabarber | Extra Settings for RocketChat | 0 – through 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/061eeba3-10ad-4272-9880-dc01d4368683?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extra-settings-for-rocketchat/trunk/rocketchat-extra-settings.php#L350
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extra-settings-for-rocketchat/trunk/rocketchat-extra-settings.php#L346