ICS Calendar <= 12.0.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'htmltagtitle' Parameter
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- 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 ICS Calendar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'htmltagtitle' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 12.0.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The vulnerability is reachable via the unauthenticated wp_ajax_nopriv_r34ics_ajax AJAX action, which accepts attacker-controlled js_args values merged over stored shortcode configuration without nonce verification, allowing the htmltagtitle key to bypass the normal shortcode allowlist check.
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-2026-9838
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-x463-v9cq-m85h
References
Other 10
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4d91b01-5034-42b5-857f-c66c875dd562?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ics-calendar/tags/12.0.8.4/templates/calendar-month.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ics-calendar/tags/12.0.8.4/r34ics-ajax.php#L33
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ics-calendar/tags/12.0.8.4/r34ics-ajax.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ics-calendar/tags/12.0.8.4/r34ics-ajax.php#L72
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ics-calendar/tags/12.0.5.2/templates/calendar-month.php#L40
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ics-calendar/tags/12.0.5.2/r34ics-ajax.php#L33
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ics-calendar/tags/12.0.5.2/r34ics-ajax.php#L53
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ics-calendar/tags/12.0.5.2/r34ics-ajax.php#L72
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3563728%40ics-calendar&new=3563728%40ics-calendar
Sources
- CVE-2026-9838 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9838 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-x463-v9cq-m85h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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