WP Circliful <= 1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'id' 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 WP Circliful plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' shortcode attribute of the [circliful] shortcode and via multiple shortcode attributes of the [circliful_direct] shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, in the circliful_shortcode() function, the 'id' attribute value is concatenated directly into an HTML id attribute (line 285) without any escaping, allowing an attacker to break out of the double-quoted attribute and inject arbitrary HTML event handlers. Similarly, the circliful_direct_shortcode() function (line 257) outputs all shortcode attributes directly into HTML data-* attributes without escaping. 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bappidgreat | WP Circliful | up to 1.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP Circliful Vendorbappidgreat Affected up to 1.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-3659
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jxvc-xjm6-c4gc
References
Other 9
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/030534e2-bf7d-42e4-94a1-986f629bea15?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/trunk/wp-circliful.php#L285
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/tags/1.2/wp-circliful.php#L285
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/trunk/wp-circliful.php#L257
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/tags/1.2/wp-circliful.php#L257
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/trunk/wp-circliful.php#L263
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/tags/1.2/wp-circliful.php#L263
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/trunk/wp-circliful.php#L241
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/tags/1.2/wp-circliful.php#L241
Sources
- CVE-2026-3659 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-3659 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jxvc-xjm6-c4gc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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