Power Charts <= 0.1.0 - 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 Power Charts Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter of the [pc] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'id' shortcode attribute. Specifically, in the pc_shortcode() function, the 'id' attribute is extracted from user-supplied shortcode attributes and directly concatenated into an HTML div element's class attribute without any escaping or sanitization at line 62. The resulting HTML is then passed through html_entity_decode() before being returned, further undermining any potential safety. 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-2026-4011
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-672g-v9f2-v4c8
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ea41d391-ba8d-43d9-8eda-69ac28c49328?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgo-power-charts-lite/tags/0.1.0/classes/power-charts-shortcodes.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgo-power-charts-lite/trunk/classes/power-charts-shortcodes.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgo-power-charts-lite/tags/0.1.0/classes/power-charts-shortcodes.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wpgo-power-charts-lite/trunk/classes/power-charts-shortcodes.php#L40
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Sources
- CVE-2026-4011 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4011 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-672g-v9f2-v4c8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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