CVE-2026-4067
Description
The Ad Short plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ad' shortcode's 'client' attribute in all versions up to and including 2.0.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'client' shortcode attribute. The ad_func() shortcode handler at line 71 accepts a 'client' attribute via shortcode_atts() and directly concatenates it into a double-quoted HTML attribute (data-ad-client) at line 130 without applying esc_attr() or any other sanitization. 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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ad-short Plugin · ad-shortUp to and including 2.0.1View 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
- nocaredev Ad Short — Up to and including 2.0.1
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ad-short/tags/2.0.1/ad_short.php#L130
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ad-short/tags/2.0.1/ad_short.php#L77
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ad-short/trunk/ad_short.php#L130
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ad-short/trunk/ad_short.php#L77
- www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/313d2749-7662-4870-b0f7-19253797f833?source=cve
- nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record