๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-3554

MEDIUM 6.4

Sherk Custom Post Type Displays <= 1.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'title' Shortcode Attribute

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Sherk Custom Post Type Displays plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'title' shortcode attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'title' attribute of the 'sherkcptdisplays' shortcode. Specifically, in the sherkcptdisplays_func() function in includes/SherkCPTDisplaysShortcode.php, the 'title' attribute value is extracted from shortcode_atts() on line 19 and directly concatenated into an HTML <h2> tag on line 31 without any escaping. 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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor sherkspear
Product sherk custom post type displays
Published Mar 21, 2026
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

sherkspear / Sherk Custom Post Type Displays
0 โ‰ค 1.2.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d227d4e4-2899-434c-8b93-8d93a89b1b1b?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sherk-custom-post-type-displays/trunk/includes/SherkCPTDisplaysShortcode.php#L31 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sherk-custom-post-type-displays/tags/1.2.1/includes/SherkCPTDisplaysShortcode.php#L31 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sherk-custom-post-type-displays/trunk/includes/SherkCPTDisplaysShortcode.php#L19 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sherk-custom-post-type-displays/tags/1.2.1/includes/SherkCPTDisplaysShortcode.php#L19

Credits

Youcef Hamdani