🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-1838

MEDIUM 6.1

Hostel <= 1.1.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'shortcode_id' Parameter

CVSS Score
6.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Hostel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'shortcode_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor prasunsen
Product hostel
Published Apr 18, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

prasunsen / Hostel
0 ≤ 1.1.6

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b9da491-771a-4100-b41a-7411981dd34b?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/hostel.php#L44 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/hostel.php#L44 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/controllers/ajax.php#L28 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/controllers/ajax.php#L28 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/views/partial/rooms-table.html.php#L29 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/views/partial/rooms-table.html.php#L29 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3478265/hostel/trunk/hostel.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fhostel/tags/1.1.6&new_path=%2Fhostel/tags/1.1.7

Credits

huy tran