Investi <= 1.0.26 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'maximum-num-years' Shortcode Attribute
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Investi plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'investi-announcements-accordion' shortcode's 'maximum-num-years' attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.26. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, the 'maximum-num-years' attribute value is read directly from shortcode attributes and interpolated into a double-quoted HTML attribute without any escaping (no esc_attr(), htmlspecialchars(), or similar). 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.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3600
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rcpv-9747-gv3q
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/51aa0d86-e623-46d1-9d37-a36b4825c071?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/investi/trunk/includes/widgets.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/investi/tags/1.0.22/includes/widgets.php#L14
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/investi/trunk/includes/widgets.php#L7
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/investi/tags/1.0.22/includes/widgets.php#L7
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3486937/
Sources
- CVE-2026-3600 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3600 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rcpv-9747-gv3q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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