Description
The CC Child Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'child_pages' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on four user-supplied attributes (use_custom_link, use_custom_link_target, use_custom_thumbs, and use_custom_excerpt) in the 'show_child_pages' function. 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.
Problem types
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Product status
* (semver)
Timeline
| 2025-11-12: | Discovered |
| 2025-11-24: | Vendor Notified |
| 2025-12-15: | Disclosed |
Credits
Muhammad Yudha - DJ
References
www.wordfence.com/...-69d4-44ca-820c-766645828e5e?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3403877/cc-child-pages
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