Vulnerabilities and security researches forcodecolorer codecolorer

Jun 07, 2024

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2023-2795
Home page URL: Security reports for CodeColorer
Application: CodeColorer
Date: Jun 27, 2023
Research Description: The CodeColorer WordPress plugin before 0.10.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Affected versions: max 0.10.1.
Status: vulnerable

Jan 28, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2025-68012
Home page URL: Security reports for CodeColorer
Application: CodeColorer
Date: Jan 22, 2026
Research Description: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Dmytro Shteflyuk CodeColorer codecolorer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CodeColorer: from n/a through <= 0.10.1.
Affected versions: max 0.10.1.
Status: vulnerable

Apr 17, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-4032
Home page URL: Security reports for CodeColorer
Application: CodeColorer
Date: Apr 16, 2026
Research Description: The CodeColorer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'class' parameter in 'cc' comment shortcode in versions up to, and including, 0.10.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires comments to be enabled on the target post and guest comments to be allowed.
Affected versions: max 0.10.2.
Status: vulnerable