CVE-2026-6397 PUBLISHED

Sticky <= 2.5.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'readmoretext' Shortcode Attribute

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 15.04.2026 Published: 20.05.2026 Updated: 20.05.2026

The Sticky plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the cvmh-sticky shortcode readmoretext attribute in versions up to and including 2.5.6. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the cvmh_sticky_front_render() function — the readmoretext attribute value is passed through apply_filters() and directly concatenated into the HTML output without any escaping function such as 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 a page containing the injected shortcode.

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 cvmh
Product Sticky
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 2.5.6 (incl.)

Credits

  • Djaidja Moundjid finder

References

Problem Types

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