CVE-2026-12157 PUBLISHED

BetterDocs <= 4.5.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'blockId' Block Attribute

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 12.06.2026 Published: 19.06.2026 Updated: 19.06.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor wpdevteam
Product BetterDocs – AI Documentation, Knowledge Base, Docs, Wikis, FAQ with Chatbot
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.5.3 (incl.)

Credits

  • Smidi finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE