blogsafe.org My Downloads

BlogSafe.org

WordPress CVEs

Search and review WordPress-related vulnerability records.

← Back to CVE list

CVE-2026-5717

MEDIUM 6.4 CVSS 3.1
Published
April 15, 2026
Last modified
June 17, 2026
NVD status
Deferred
Reported by
security@wordfence.com
Weakness
CWE-79
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Description

The VI: Include Post By plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'class_container' attribute of the 'include-post-by-cat' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.200706 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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

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

  • knighthawk VI: Include Post By — Up to and including 0.4.200706

References

  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vi-include-post-by/tags/0.4.200706/vi_include_post_by.php#L809
  • plugins.trac.wordpress.org https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vi-include-post-by/trunk/vi_include_post_by.php#L809
  • www.wordfence.com https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3e95dc2-0f50-4009-9cc0-a02f9977ce58?source=cve
  • nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record