CVE-2026-4075
The BWL Advanced FAQ Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'baf_sbox' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.1.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The BWL Advanced FAQ Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'baf_sbox' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes such as 'sbox_id', 'sbox_class', 'placeholder', 'highlight_color', 'highlight_bg', and 'cont_ext_class'. These attributes are directly interpolated into HTML element attributes without any esc_attr() escaping in the baf_sbox() function. 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
- 0.20% probability · 11th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bwl-advanced-faq-manager-lite/tags/1.1.1/includes/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bwl-advanced-faq-manager-lite/tags/1.1.1/includes/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php#L73
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bwl-advanced-faq-manager-lite/tags/1.1.1/includes/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php#L75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bwl-advanced-faq-manager-lite/trunk/includes/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bwl-advanced-faq-manager-lite/trunk/includes/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php#L73
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bwl-advanced-faq-manager-lite/trunk/includes/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php#L75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3487104%40bwl-advanced-faq-manager-lite&new=3487104%40bwl-advanced-faq-manager-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ef01f05a-ed5a-4278-acab-029c58242cf2?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.