GHSA-59PF-538P-VW7W

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-22 09:31 – Updated: 2026-04-22 09:31
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Details

The Quran Live Multilanguage plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'cheikh' and 'lang' shortcode attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. The quran_live_render() function of quran-live.php receives shortcode attributes and passes them directly through shortcode_atts() and extract() without any sanitization. These values are then passed to Render_Quran_Live::render_verse_quran_live() where they are echoed directly into inline blocks using PHP short tags ( and ) at lines 191, 216, 217, 245, and 246 of Class_QuranLive.php. Since the output occurs inside a JavaScript context within tags, an attacker can break out of the JavaScript string and inject arbitrary script code. 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.

Severity ?
6.4 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-4074"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-22T09:16:21Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Quran Live Multilanguage plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the \u0027cheikh\u0027 and \u0027lang\u0027 shortcode attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. The quran_live_render() function of quran-live.php receives shortcode attributes and passes them directly through shortcode_atts() and extract() without any sanitization. These values are then passed to Render_Quran_Live::render_verse_quran_live() where they are echoed directly into inline \u003cscript\u003e blocks using PHP short tags (\u003c?=$cheikh;?\u003e and \u003c?=$lang;?\u003e) at lines 191, 216, 217, 245, and 246 of Class_QuranLive.php. Since the output occurs inside a JavaScript context within \u003cscript\u003e tags, an attacker can break out of the JavaScript string and inject arbitrary script code. 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.",
  "id": "GHSA-59pf-538p-vw7w",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T09:31:32Z",
  "published": "2026-04-22T09:31:32Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
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    },
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      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/tags/1.0.3/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L191"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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}


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