WP Random Button <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'cat' 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 Random Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'cat', 'nocat', and 'text' shortcode attributes of the 'wp_random_button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, the random_button_html() function directly concatenates the 'cat' and 'nocat' parameters into HTML data-attributes without esc_attr(), and the 'text' parameter into HTML content without esc_html(). 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-2026-4086
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x5f6-m38m-6rp5
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b9e11f5-5a05-4867-abd8-fb07c84a49b0?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-random-button/trunk/wp-random-button.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-random-button/tags/1.0/wp-random-button.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-random-button/trunk/wp-random-button.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-random-button/tags/1.0/wp-random-button.php#L50
More newbiesup vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-18802 WordPress WP Frontend Submit Plugin <= 1.1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-4086 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4086 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x5f6-m38m-6rp5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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