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CVE-2026-77871

Post Snippets <= 4.2.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes

saadiqbal Post Snippets โ€“ Custom WordPress Code Snippets CustomizerApplications & CMS
CVSS
6.4Medium
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)No scoreNo FIRST EPSS score in this snapshot yet
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
Published28 Oct 2026Updated 28 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

No source in this snapshot names a fixed version.

Reports 1

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Description

The Post Snippets โ€“ Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 4.2.4 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. Entity-encoded payloads such as &lt;script&gt;...&lt;/script&gt; survive WordPress's wp_kses_post on-save sanitization because kses does not decode HTML entities, and are only converted back into executable HTML tags at render time by the plugin's own shortcode filter. This requires snippet shortcodes to be enabled.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 1

  • Post Snippets โ€“ Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizeraffected: all versions through 4.2.4CVE List

References 10