CVE-2026-3659
The WP Circliful plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' shortcode attribute of the [circliful] shortcode and via multiple shortcode attributes of the [circliful_direct] shortcode in all versions up to and…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The WP Circliful plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' shortcode attribute of the [circliful] shortcode and via multiple shortcode attributes of the [circliful_direct] shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, in the circliful_shortcode() function, the 'id' attribute value is concatenated directly into an HTML id attribute (line 285) without any escaping, allowing an attacker to break out of the double-quoted attribute and inject arbitrary HTML event handlers. Similarly, the circliful_direct_shortcode() function (line 257) outputs all shortcode attributes directly into HTML data-* attributes without 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/tags/1.2/wp-circliful.php#L241
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/tags/1.2/wp-circliful.php#L257
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/tags/1.2/wp-circliful.php#L263
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/tags/1.2/wp-circliful.php#L285
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/trunk/wp-circliful.php#L241
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/trunk/wp-circliful.php#L257
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/trunk/wp-circliful.php#L263
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-circliful/trunk/wp-circliful.php#L285
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/030534e2-bf7d-42e4-94a1-986f629bea15?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.