Description
The Smart Docs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'smartdocs_search' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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
Any version
Timeline
| 2025-07-03: | Disclosed |
Credits
Jonas Benjamin Friedli
References
www.wordfence.com/...-982f-43e6-9415-3a2d996959f3?source=cve
wordpress.org/plugins/smart-docs/
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...art-docs&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=