Vulnerabilities and security researches forhtml-shortcodes html-shortcodes

Apr 15, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-1809
Home page URL: Security reports for HTML Shortcodes
Application: HTML Shortcodes
Date: Feb 11, 2026
Research Description: The HTML Tag Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's shortcodes in all versions up to, and including, 1.1 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 versions: max 1.1.
Status: vulnerable