Vulnerability · Published Apr 22, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-4088Switch CTA Box <= 1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Switch CTA Box from wpshouter. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Switch CTA Box plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wppw_cta_box' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied post meta values including 'cta_box_button_link', 'cta_box_button_id', 'cta_box_button_text', and 'cta_box_description'. The shortcode reads post meta from a user-specified post ID and echoes these values directly into HTML output without any escaping functions (no esc_attr(), esc_url(), or esc_html()). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| wpshouter | Switch CTA Box | 0 – through 1.1 |
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/19a3fc90-b81c-4451-80e0-cead99a2dcd9?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/switch-cta-box/trunk/inc/box_display_template.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/switch-cta-box/tags/1.1/inc/box_display_template.php#L18
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/switch-cta-box/trunk/inc/box_display_template.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/switch-cta-box/tags/1.1/inc/box_display_template.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/switch-cta-box/trunk/inc/box_display_template.php#L2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/switch-cta-box/tags/1.1/inc/box_display_template.php#L2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/switch-cta-box/trunk/inc/shortcode_setup.php#L8
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/switch-cta-box/tags/1.1/inc/shortcode_setup.php#L8