Simple Divi Shortcode <= 1.2 - 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 Simple Divi Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' parameter of the [showmodule] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.2 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the showmodule_shortcode() function, which concatenates the 'id' shortcode attribute directly into a dynamically constructed shortcode string without applying esc_attr() or any escaping, allowing an attacker to break out of the attribute context and inject arbitrary 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-2026-9714
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f3vv-fhm6-p4jh
References
Other 4
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f188337e-023e-498e-b752-b5f3fa7a9949?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-divi-shortcode/trunk/simple_divi_shortcode.php#L63
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-divi-shortcode/trunk/simple_divi_shortcode.php#L62
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fsimple-divi-shortcode/tags/1.2&new_path=%2Fsimple-divi-shortcode/tags/1.2.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-9714 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9714 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f3vv-fhm6-p4jh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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