pdfl.io <= 1.0.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'text' Shortcode Attribute
Published Apr 8, 2026
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.35%
Description
The pdfl.io plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'pdflio' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'text' shortcode attribute. The output_shortcode() function directly concatenates the user-supplied $text variable into HTML output without applying esc_html() or any other escaping function. 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.
Affected products
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- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=1.0.5
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Dougblackjr | Pdfl.io | unaffected |
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (6)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/tags/1.0.5/pdflio.php#L117
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/tags/1.0.5/pdflio.php#L81
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/trunk/pdflio.php#L117
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/trunk/pdflio.php#L81
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3492458%40pdfl-io&new=3492458%40pdfl-io
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2bf70203-61c0-406a-9110-b60761b4a513?source=cve
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