Coachific Shortcode <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'userhash' 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 Coachific Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'userhash' shortcode attribute in all versions up to and including 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The plugin uses sanitize_text_field() on the 'userhash' parameter, which strips HTML tags but does not escape characters significant in a JavaScript string context (such as double quotes, semicolons, and parentheses). The sanitized value is then directly interpolated into a JavaScript string within a <script> tag on line 29 without any JavaScript-specific escaping (e.g., wp_json_encode() or esc_js()). 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-2026-4005
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-953c-p36c-7pc3
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3d91158c-0b34-460e-9fdb-b99165ebca78?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/coachific-shortcode/trunk/coachific.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/coachific-shortcode/tags/1.0/coachific.php#L29
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/coachific-shortcode/trunk/coachific.php#L13
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/coachific-shortcode/tags/1.0/coachific.php#L13
Sources
- CVE-2026-4005 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4005 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-953c-p36c-7pc3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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