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GHSA-C2Q9-QP4M-W7VM

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-20 03:31 – Updated: 2026-05-20 03:31

Details

The Sticky plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the cvmh-sticky shortcode readmoretext attribute in versions up to and including 2.5.6. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the cvmh_sticky_front_render() function — the readmoretext attribute value is passed through apply_filters() and directly concatenated into the HTML output without any escaping function such as 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 a page containing the injected shortcode.

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-2026-6397 (GCVE-0-2026-6397)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-20 01:25 – Updated: 2026-05-20 17:18

Title

Sticky <= 2.5.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'readmoretext' Shortcode Attribute

Summary

The Sticky plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `cvmh-sticky` shortcode `readmoretext` attribute in versions up to and including 2.5.6. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the `cvmh_sticky_front_render()` function — the `readmoretext` attribute value is passed through `apply_filters()` and directly concatenated into the HTML output without any escaping function such as `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 a page containing the injected shortcode.

Severity

6.4 (Medium)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

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

Assigner

Wordfence

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabil…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sticky…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
cvmh	Sticky	Affected: 0 , ≤ 2.5.6 (semver)

Credits

Djaidja Moundjid

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Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-C2Q9-QP4M-W7VM

CVE-2026-6397 (GCVE-0-2026-6397)

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