Vulnerabilities and security researches forshortcode-buddy shortcode-buddy

May 29, 2026

CVE, Research URL: CVE-2026-8897
Home page URL: Security reports for Shortcode Buddy
Application: Shortcode Buddy
Date: May 27, 2026
Research Description: The Shortcode Buddy plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.9.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output 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 versions: max 0.1.9.5.
Status: vulnerable