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.
History

Tue, 12 May 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Shortcodely <= 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'widget_area' Shortcode Attribute
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-12T12:46:49.495Z

Reserved: 2026-04-23T13:50:13.660Z

Link: CVE-2026-6913

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T12:46:44.266Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-12T09:16:56.633

Modified: 2026-05-12T09:16:56.633

Link: CVE-2026-6913

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-12T10:45:14Z