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GHSA-5M2M-H2J8-8XVJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-19 09:30 – Updated: 2026-03-19 09:30

Details

The Simple Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' post meta (Custom Field) in all versions up to and including 2.6.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the author display name when no author URL is present. The plugin accesses $draft_data->display_name which, because display_name is not a native WP_Post property, triggers WP_Post::__get() and resolves to get_post_meta($post_id, 'display_name', true). When the user_url meta field is empty, the $author value is assigned to $author_link on line 383 without any escaping (unlike line 378 which uses esc_html() for the {{author}} tag, and line 381 which uses esc_html() when a URL is present). This unescaped value is then inserted into the shortcode output via str_replace(). 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 a page containing the [drafts] shortcode with the {{author+link}} template tag.

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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CVE-2026-4006 (GCVE-0-2026-4006)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-19 06:46 – Updated: 2026-04-08 17:17

Title

Draft List <= 2.6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'display_name' Parameter

Summary

The Simple Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' post meta (Custom Field) in all versions up to and including 2.6.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the author display name when no author URL is present. The plugin accesses `$draft_data->display_name` which, because `display_name` is not a native WP_Post property, triggers WP_Post::__get() and resolves to `get_post_meta($post_id, 'display_name', true)`. When the `user_url` meta field is empty, the `$author` value is assigned to `$author_link` on line 383 without any escaping (unlike line 378 which uses `esc_html()` for the `{{author}}` tag, and line 381 which uses `esc_html()` when a URL is present). This unescaped value is then inserted into the shortcode output via `str_replace()`. 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 a page containing the `[drafts]` shortcode with the `{{author+link}}` template tag.

Severity ?

6.4 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

CWE

CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Assigner

Wordfence

References

URL

Tags

	https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple…
	https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	dartiss	Draft List	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.6.2 (semver)

Credits

Anas Mokhtari Abdelkhalek Beraoud

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-5M2M-H2J8-8XVJ

CVE-2026-4006 (GCVE-0-2026-4006)

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