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WP Random Button <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'cat' Shortcode Attribute

Published Mar 21, 2026

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.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Wordfence
Published Mar 21, 2026
Updated Apr 8, 2026
Reserved Mar 12, 2026
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Mar 23, 2026
NVD
Status Deferred
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
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