Short Comment Filter <= 2.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Minimum Count' Setting_CVE-2026-3362

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    "description": "The Short Comment Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Minimum Count' settings field in all versions up to and including 2.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization (no sanitize callback on register_setting) and missing output escaping (no esc_attr() on the echoed value in the input's value attribute). The option value is stored via update_option() and rendered unescaped in an HTML attribute context. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the settings page that will execute whenever a user accesses that page. This is particularly impactful in WordPress multisite installations or when DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML is set, where administrators are not granted the unfiltered_html capability.",
    "published": "2026-04-22T07:45:34.704Z",
    "modified": "2026-04-22T07:45:34.704Z",
    "type": "cve",
    "title": "Short Comment Filter <= 2.2 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Minimum Count' Setting",
    "source": "Wordfence",
    "references": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ba46475-bf54-49a8-9b0e-fae3fb4e1df9?source=cve\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/short-comment-filter/trunk/views/settings.php#L25\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/short-comment-filter/tags/2.2/views/settings.php#L25\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/short-comment-filter/trunk/classes/short-comment-filter-settings.php#L61\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/short-comment-filter/tags/2.2/classes/short-comment-filter-settings.php#L61\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/short-comment-filter/trunk/classes/short-comment-filter-settings.php#L54\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/short-comment-filter/tags/2.2/classes/short-comment-filter-settings.php#L54\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/short-comment-filter/trunk/classes/short-comment-filter-settings.php#L21\nhttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/short-comment-filter/tags/2.2/classes/short-comment-filter-settings.php#L21",
    "id": "CVE-2026-3362",
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    "cwe": [
        "CWE-79"
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    "sourceData": "itsananderson Short Comment Filter 0",
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        "score": 4.4,
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        "version": "3.1"
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    "category_name": "CVE",
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    "product": "Short Comment Filter",
    "version": "0",
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