tagDiv Composer <= 5.4.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored 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 tagDiv Composer plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the vc_raw_html shortcode in all versions up to and including 5.4.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the vc_raw_html::render() method, which base64-decodes shortcode content (after a strip_tags() that is bypassed because the encoded payload contains no tags on save) and concatenates the result directly into the page HTML. Because WordPress's save-time wp_kses_post() filter only sees the inert base64 text inside a normal shortcode bracket and does not decode it, the dangerous tags survive into post_content and are emitted unescaped at render time. 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 (for example, when an Editor or Administrator previews the pending post).
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-2026-12561
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5jqp-q3wh-2735
References
More tagDiv vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-03209 tagDiv Composer < 3.5 - Unauthenticated Account Takeover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-01506 tagDiv Cloud Library < 2.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Metadata Update to Privilege Escalation CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-02969 tagDiv Composer < 4.2 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-01505 tagDiv Composer < 4.0 - Reflected Cross-site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2022-02429 Newspaper < 12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2022-02005 Newspaper < 12 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-12561 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-12561 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5jqp-q3wh-2735 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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