CVE-2026-5717 (GCVE-0-2026-5717)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-04-15 07:45
Modified
2026-04-15 13:21
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Summary
The VI: Include Post By plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'class_container' attribute of the 'include-post-by-cat' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.200706 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
knighthawk VI: Include Post By Version: 0    0.4.200706
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