Stored cross-site scripting in Posts Table with Search & Sort plugin
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 Posts Table with Search & Sort plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 1.4.14. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the date_format parameter let injected HTML be rebuilt at render time (CWE-79). An authenticated attacker with Contributor access or above can store web scripts that run in the browser of any user who opens an injected page.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Description from the CNA
The Posts Table with Search & Sort plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'date_format' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.14 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 payload bypasses wp_kses_post at save time because it contains no literal angle bracket characters; the malicious HTML tags are only reconstructed at render time, making this exploitable by Contributors who would ordinarily lack the unfiltered_html capability.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| barn2media | Posts Table with Search & Sort | up to 1.4.14 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Posts Table with Search & Sort Vendorbarn2media Affected up to 1.4.14 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Posts Table with Search & Sort.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06
Timeline
- 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-118189
- 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-p54m-c67r-w58j
- 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-11-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ac45e56-606a-445f-84ec-349b68109065?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php#L338
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php#L345
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Table_Shortcode.php#L33
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3780094/posts-data-table/trunk/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php
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- TI-2026-29394 WordPress WooCommerce Product Filters plugin < 2.0.6 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-10239 Document Library Lite <= 1.1.6 - Missing Authorization to Sensitive Information Exposure CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-118189 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-118189 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p54m-c67r-w58j · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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