Shariff Wrapper <= 4.6.20 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Cross-Site Scripting
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 Shariff Wrapper plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'headline' parameter in the [shariff] shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.6.20 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. The vulnerability occurs because the plugin uses a custom wp_kses implementation with permissive allowed HTML tags, and then performs a str_replace operation that injects HTML after sanitization, allowing event handlers to be introduced through the %total placeholder in the style attribute.
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-2026-4334
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xp36-f956-vp7p
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e037d22a-3d4d-4f70-a749-6d6c552c7553?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shariff/trunk/shariff.php#L1143
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shariff/trunk/shariff.php#L1144
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shariff/trunk/shariff.php#L965
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/shariff/trunk/shariff.php#L868
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3532532%40shariff&new=3532532%40shariff&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
More 3uu vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-03818 Shariff Wrapper <= 4.6.13 - Unauthenticated Local File Inclusion CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-19283 WordPress Shariff Wrapper plugin <= 4.6.10 - Contributor+ Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2024-01354 Shariff Wrapper <= 4.6.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2024-00891 Shariff Wrapper <= 4.6.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2023-05957 Shariff Wrapper <= 4.6.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2024-02510 Shariff Wrapper <= 4.6.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-4334 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-4334 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xp36-f956-vp7p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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