WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

BetterDocs < 4.5.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'blockId' Block Attribute

Description

The BetterDocs - Knowledge Base Docs & FAQ Solution for Elementor & Block Editor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the blockId attribute of the betterdocs/category-slate-layout Gutenberg block in versions up to, and including, 4.5.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the CategorySlateLayout::render() method, which echoes the blockId block attribute directly into an HTML class attribute without esc_attr(). 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.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 4.5.4

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Craniums
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-06-18 (about 3 months ago)
Added
2026-06-18 (about 3 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-06-19 (about 3 months ago)

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