CVE-2026-4004 PUBLISHED

Task Manager <= 3.0.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'task_id' Parameter

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 11.03.2026 Published: 21.03.2026 Updated: 21.03.2026

The Task Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via the 'search' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This is due to missing capability checks in the callback_search() function and insufficient input validation that allows shortcode syntax (square brackets) to pass through sanitize_text_field() and be concatenated into a do_shortcode() call. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes on the site by injecting shortcode syntax into parameters like 'task_id', 'point_id', 'categories_id', or 'term'.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor eoxia
Product Task Manager
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 3.0.2 (incl.)

Credits

  • Youcef Hamdani finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE