ITERAS <= 1.8.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
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 ITERAS plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple shortcodes (iteras-ordering, iteras-signup, iteras-paywall-login, iteras-selfservice) in all versions up to and including 1.8.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the combine_attributes() function. The function directly concatenates shortcode attribute values into JavaScript code within <script> tags using double-quoted string interpolation (line 489: '"'.$key.'": "'.$value.'"') without any escaping. An attacker can break out of the JavaScript string context by including a double-quote character in a shortcode attribute value and inject arbitrary JavaScript. 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-2026-4078
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rfwp-57wg-5x36
References
Other 14
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bd034f43-370c-4ad9-ad02-4cae0f48d781?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/trunk/public/iteras-public.php#L489
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/tags/1.8.2/public/iteras-public.php#L489
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/trunk/public/iteras-public.php#L519
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/tags/1.8.2/public/iteras-public.php#L519
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/trunk/public/iteras-public.php#L511
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/tags/1.8.2/public/iteras-public.php#L511
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/trunk/public/iteras-public.php#L527
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/tags/1.8.2/public/iteras-public.php#L527
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/trunk/public/iteras-public.php#L561
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/tags/1.8.2/public/iteras-public.php#L561
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/trunk/public/iteras-public.php#L551
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/iteras/tags/1.8.2/public/iteras-public.php#L551
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3507724%40iteras&new=3507724%40iteras&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More ITERAS vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-35908 WordPress ITERAS plugin <= 1.8.0 - CSRF to Stored XSS vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2025-40816 XML external entity injection in ITERAS Peppol-py CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-4078 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4078 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rfwp-57wg-5x36 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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