CVE-2026-3907
Description
The Hostel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wphostel-book' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.7. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, the second shortcode attribute (used as button text) is passed to the `$text` variable without sanitization at line 79 and then output directly into an HTML `value` attribute at line 91 without `esc_attr()` or any other 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 WordPress components
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Hostel Plugin · hostelUp to and including 1.1.7View on WordPress.org
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hostel Theme · hostelUp to and including 1.1.7View on WordPress.org
A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.
Affected products and versions
- prasunsen Hostel — Up to and including 1.1.7
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/controllers/shortcodes.php#L79
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/controllers/shortcodes.php#L91
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/models/hostel.php#L195
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/controllers/shortcodes.php#L79
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/controllers/shortcodes.php#L91
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/models/hostel.php#L195
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3480942%40hostel&new=3480942%40hostel
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/30339c0d-6632-4073-b4d5-3bb4a5b8a58d?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record