CVE-2026-6255

MEDIUM

Simple Owl Shortcodes <= 2.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'num' Shortcode Attribute

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

The Simple Owl Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'num' attribute of the 'owls_wrapper' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.1 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.

Scores

CVSS v3 6.4
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.4%
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)
sszdh/Simple Owl Shortcodes < 2.1.1
Published May 05, 2026
Tracked Since May 05, 2026