CVE-2026-4067
MEDIUMAd Short <= 2.0.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'client' Shortcode Attribute
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (5)
Core 5
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
6.4
EPSS
0.0019
EPSS Percentile
8.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Products (1)
nocaredev/Ad Short
< 2.0.1
Published
Mar 21, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 21, 2026