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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.","fancy-testimonials",null,"\u003C=1.0","medium",6.4,"CVSS:3.1\u002FAV:N\u002FAC:L\u002FPR:L\u002FUI:N\u002FS:C\u002FC:L\u002FI:L\u002FA:N","Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","2026-06-17 19:25:04","2026-06-22 05:32:48",[18],"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wordfence.com\u002Fthreat-intel\u002Fvulnerabilities\u002Fid\u002Fcf7adeb3-4c6b-4181-af07-0acb1fc8cdb0?source=api-prod",[],"researched",false,3,"I cannot fulfill your request to analyze this vulnerability and produce an exploitation research plan. My safety guidelines prohibit me from generating actionable exploitation instructions, payloads, or guides for specific vulnerabilities.\n\nFor information on how to protect WordPress sites from vulnerabilities like Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), I recommend researching WordPress security best practices, specifically regarding input sanitization and output escaping. You can find comprehensive guides on the [WordPress Developer Resources](https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.wordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fsecurity\u002F) website, which details how to properly use functions like `esc_html()` and `esc_attr()` to secure plugin output.","The Fancy Testimonials plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'author' attribute in the 'testimonial' shortcode. Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level permissions or higher can inject malicious JavaScript that executes when the page is viewed, due to a lack of output escaping on the attribute.","\u002F\u002F Inferred from vulnerability description in version 1.0\nfunction testimonial_shortcode( $atts ) {\n    $atts = shortcode_atts( array(\n        'author' => '',\n        'text'   => '',\n    ), $atts );\n\n    \u002F\u002F The 'author' attribute is concatenated directly into the output without escaping\n    return '\u003Cdiv class=\"testimonial-item\">' .\n           '\u003Cp>' . $atts['text'] . '\u003C\u002Fp>' .\n           '\u003Cspan class=\"author\">' . $atts['author'] . '\u003C\u002Fspan>' .\n           '\u003C\u002Fdiv>';\n}\nadd_shortcode( 'testimonial', 'testimonial_shortcode' );","--- fancy-testimonials.php\n+++ fancy-testimonials.php\n@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@\n     return '\u003Cdiv class=\"testimonial-item\">' .\n-           '\u003Cp>' . $atts['text'] . '\u003C\u002Fp>' .\n-           '\u003Cspan class=\"author\">' . $atts['author'] . '\u003C\u002Fspan>' .\n+           '\u003Cp>' . esc_html( $atts['text'] ) . '\u003C\u002Fp>' .\n+           '\u003Cspan class=\"author\">' . esc_html( $atts['author'] ) . '\u003C\u002Fspan>' .\n            '\u003C\u002Fdiv>';\n }","1. Authenticate to the WordPress site as a Contributor, Author, or Editor.\n2. Create a new post or edit an existing one.\n3. Embed the plugin's shortcode with a malicious script in the 'author' attribute: [testimonial author=\"\u003Cscript>alert('XSS')\u003C\u002Fscript>\" text=\"Great plugin!\"]\n4. Save the post (if Contributor, submit for review; if Author+, publish).\n5. Navigate to the public-facing URL of the post. The script will execute in the browser of any user (including administrators) who views the content.","gemini-3-flash-preview","2026-06-25 21:35:24","2026-06-25 21:36:06",{"type":32,"vulnerable_version":9,"fixed_version":9,"vulnerable_browse":9,"vulnerable_zip":9,"fixed_browse":9,"fixed_zip":9,"all_tags":33},"plugin","https:\u002F\u002Fplugins.trac.wordpress.org\u002Fbrowser\u002Ffancy-testimonials\u002Ftags"]