Cross-site scripting in bestweblayout Columns by BestWebSoft – Additional Columns Plugin…
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 Columns by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' shortcode attribute of the [print_clmns] shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.0.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'id' attribute. The shortcode receives the 'id' parameter via shortcode_atts() at line 596 and directly embeds it into HTML output at line 731 (in a div id attribute) and into inline CSS at lines 672-729 without any escaping or sanitization. While the SQL query uses %d to cast the value to an integer for database lookup, the original unsanitized string value of $id is still used in the HTML/CSS output. 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. The attack requires that at least one column exists in the plugin (created by an admin), as the SQL query must return results for the output branch to be reached.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bestweblayout | Columns by BestWebSoft – Additional Columns Plugin for Posts Pages and Widgets | up to 1.0.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Columns by BestWebSoft – Additional Columns Plugin for Posts Pages and Widgets Vendorbestweblayout Affected up to 1.0.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3618
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5xc8-cv7x-vq3g
References
Other 9
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3e293db-9177-4fbb-a469-900d9330642d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/trunk/columns-bws.php#L731
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/tags/1.0.3/columns-bws.php#L731
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/trunk/columns-bws.php#L596
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/tags/1.0.3/columns-bws.php#L596
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/trunk/columns-bws.php#L672
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/tags/1.0.3/columns-bws.php#L672
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/trunk/columns-bws.php#L729
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/tags/1.0.3/columns-bws.php#L729
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Sources
- CVE-2026-3618 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3618 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5xc8-cv7x-vq3g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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