WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Penci Shortcodes & Performance < 6.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The Penci Shortcodes & Performance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 6.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 6.2

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
João Pedro S Alcântara (Kinorth)
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-01-10 (about 2 months ago)
Added
2026-02-03 (about 2 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-02-03 (about 2 months ago)

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