CVE-2026-4086 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 12.03.2026 Published: 21.03.2026 Updated: 21.03.2026

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.

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 newbiesup
Product WP Random Button
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from * to 1.0 (incl.)

Credits

  • zakaria finder

References

Problem Types

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