6.4
/ 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Description
The Coachific Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'userhash' shortcode attribute in all versions up to and including 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The plugin uses sanitize_text_field() on the 'userhash' parameter, which strips HTML tags but does not escape characters significant in a JavaScript string context (such as double quotes, semicolons, and parentheses). The sanitized value is then directly interpolated into a JavaScript string within a <script> tag on line 29 without any JavaScript-specific escaping (e.g., wp_json_encode() or esc_js()). 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.
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2026-4005
Source
Wordfence
Published
Apr 15, 2026 at 08:28
Affected Product
Vendor
coachific
Product
Coachific Shortcode
Affected Versions
coachific Coachific Shortcode 0
CWE Classification
References
- www.wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3d91158c-0b34-460e-9fdb-b99165ebca78
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/coachific-shortcode/trunk/coachific.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/coachific-shortcode/tags/1.0/coachific.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/coachific-shortcode/trunk/coachific.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/coachific-shortcode/tags/1.0/coachific.php