CVE-2026-3362

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Base Score

4.4 / 10

Vector String

                                        CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N                                    

Vulnerability Description

The Short Comment Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Minimum Count' settings field in all versions up to and including 2.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization (no sanitize callback on register_setting) and missing output escaping (no esc_attr() on the echoed value in the input's value attribute). The option value is stored via update_option() and rendered unescaped in an HTML attribute context. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the settings page that will execute whenever a user accesses that page. This is particularly impactful in WordPress multisite installations or when DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML is set, where administrators are not granted the unfiltered_html capability.

Vulnerability Details

Published Date

April 22, 2026

Last Modified

April 22, 2026

CWE ID

CWE-79

Source

NVD

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