WP Random Button <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'cat' Shortcode Attribute
Published Mar 21, 2026
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.33%
Description
The WP Random Button plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'cat', 'nocat', and 'text' shortcode attributes of the 'wp_random_button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, the random_button_html() function directly concatenates the 'cat' and 'nocat' parameters into HTML data-attributes without esc_attr(), and the 'text' parameter into HTML content without esc_html(). 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 -StatusaffectedConstraints<=1.0
- 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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| Newbiesup | WP Random Button | unaffected |
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Remediation
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References (5)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-random-button/tags/1.0/wp-random-button.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-random-button/tags/1.0/wp-random-button.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-random-button/trunk/wp-random-button.php#L46
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-random-button/trunk/wp-random-button.php#L50
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b9e11f5-5a05-4867-abd8-fb07c84a49b0?source=cve
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