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Description

The Sudoku Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'background' parameter in the 'sudoku-sc' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output 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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-07-09 | Published 2026-07-10 | Updated 2026-07-10 | Assigner Wordfence




MEDIUM: 6.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Timeline

2026-02-10:Disclosed

Credits

Gilang - DJ finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-f81d-4578-a623-ea62495e934d?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ode/trunk/sudoku-shortcode.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ags/1.0.0/sudoku-shortcode.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ode/trunk/sudoku-shortcode.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ags/1.0.0/sudoku-shortcode.php

cve.org (CVE-2026-15292)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-15292)

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