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CVE-2026-76573: Pods <= 3.3.9.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'not_found' Shortcode Attribute

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-05 · updated 2026-09-08
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'not_found' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9.1 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

• sc0ttkclark Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields: through 3.3.9.1

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/classes/PodsInit.php#L514
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L1399
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L2535
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L2539
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3674726%40pods&new=3674726%40pods
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82ca2dfc-a820-49d7-bb73-38dbb8406841?source=cve

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