Cross-site scripting in breadbutter Bread & Butter: AI-Powered Lead Intelligence
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 Bread & Butter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'breadbutter-customevent-button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.2.0.25. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'event' shortcode attribute. The customEventShortCodeButton() function takes the 'event' attribute value and directly interpolates it into a JavaScript string within an onclick HTML attribute without applying esc_attr() or esc_js(). Notably, the sister function customEventShortCode() properly uses esc_js() for the same attribute, but this was omitted in the button variant. 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 the page and clicks the injected button.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| breadbutter | Bread & Butter: AI-Powered Lead Intelligence | up to 8.2.0.25 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Bread & Butter: AI-Powered Lead Intelligence Vendorbreadbutter Affected up to 8.2.0.25 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-4279
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g8vq-gpv7-9mmq
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0728b42b-5ec7-46a2-a9a5-3316107e9324?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread-butter/trunk/src/Base/Shortcode.php#L380
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread-butter/tags/8.2.0.25/src/Base/Shortcode.php#L380
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread-butter/trunk/src/Base/Shortcode.php#L364
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread-butter/tags/8.2.0.25/src/Base/Shortcode.php#L364
More breadbutter vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-11175 Cross-site request forgery in breadbutter Bread & Butter: AI-Powered Lead Intelligence CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-34706 WordPress Bread & Butter plugin <= 7.4.857 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-4279 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4279 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g8vq-gpv7-9mmq · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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