CVE-2026-6913: Shortcodely <= 1.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'widget_area' Shortcode Attribute

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-05-12 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

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.

Affected products

patilswapnilv Shortcodely: through 1.0.1

References

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/tags/1.0.1/shortcodely.php#L118
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/tags/1.0.1/shortcodely.php#L73
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/tags/1.0.1/shortcodely.php#L92
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/trunk/shortcodely.php#L118
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/trunk/shortcodely.php#L73
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shortcodely/trunk/shortcodely.php#L92
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/08ef43cc-42ea-43bd-a590-4f9b2c719491?source=cve

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