{"id":"CVE-2026-2358","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-2358","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:39:37.764Z","title":"The WP ULike plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `[wp_ulike_likers_box]` shortcode `template` attribute in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1.","description":"The WP ULike plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `[wp_ulike_likers_box]` shortcode `template` attribute in all versions up to, and including, 5.0.1. This is due to the use of `html_entity_decode()` on shortcode attributes without subsequent output sanitization, which effectively bypasses WordPress's `wp_kses_post()` content filtering. 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 post must have at least one like for the XSS to render.","published":"2026-03-11T06:17:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:30:50.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"security@wordfence.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00214,"percentile":0.11667,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/Alimir/wp-ulike/commit/3dcce696ea251b3733448332cc167e03b2a17c12","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ulike/trunk/includes/functions/general.php#L375","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ulike/trunk/includes/functions/utilities.php#L226","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ulike/trunk/includes/functions/utilities.php#L251","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-ulike/trunk/includes/hooks/shortcodes.php#L209","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3475381%40wp-ulike%2Ftrunk&old=3457255%40wp-ulike%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=","source":"security@wordfence.com"},{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/74a7db23-f91c-452b-bc24-58fda69caf17?source=cve","source":"security@wordfence.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2358","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}