GHSA-M3X9-6R4V-VVCW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-21 06:30 – Updated: 2026-03-21 06:30The Text Toggle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'title' shortcode attribute of the [tt_part] and [tt] shortcodes in all versions up to and including 1.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, in the avp_texttoggle_part_shortcode() function, the 'title' attribute is extracted from shortcode attributes and concatenated directly into HTML output without any escaping — both within an HTML attribute context (title="...") on line 116 and in HTML content on line 119. While the 'class' attribute is properly validated using ctype_alnum(), the 'title' attribute has no sanitization whatsoever. An attacker can inject double-quote characters to break out of the title attribute and inject arbitrary HTML attributes including event handlers. 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.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-3997"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-79"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-21T04:17:37Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "The Text Toggle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the \u0027title\u0027 shortcode attribute of the [tt_part] and [tt] shortcodes in all versions up to and including 1.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, in the avp_texttoggle_part_shortcode() function, the \u0027title\u0027 attribute is extracted from shortcode attributes and concatenated directly into HTML output without any escaping \u2014 both within an HTML attribute context (title=\"...\") on line 116 and in HTML content on line 119. While the \u0027class\u0027 attribute is properly validated using ctype_alnum(), the \u0027title\u0027 attribute has no sanitization whatsoever. An attacker can inject double-quote characters to break out of the title attribute and inject arbitrary HTML attributes including event handlers. 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-m3x9-6r4v-vvcw",
"modified": "2026-03-21T06:30:25Z",
"published": "2026-03-21T06:30:25Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3997"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/text-toggle/tags/1.1/avp-texttoggle.php#L108"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/text-toggle/tags/1.1/avp-texttoggle.php#L116"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/text-toggle/tags/1.1/avp-texttoggle.php#L119"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/text-toggle/tags/1.1/avp-texttoggle.php#L72"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/text-toggle/trunk/avp-texttoggle.php#L108"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/text-toggle/trunk/avp-texttoggle.php#L116"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/text-toggle/trunk/avp-texttoggle.php#L119"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/text-toggle/trunk/avp-texttoggle.php#L72"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d7ac0683-120f-4e76-9d44-5ee1c789b2c8?source=cve"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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