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Description

The Contact List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '_cl_map_iframe' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.18. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when handling the Google Maps iframe custom field. The saveCustomFields() function in class-contact-list-custom-fields.php uses a regex to extract <iframe> tags from user input but does not validate or sanitize the iframe's attributes, allowing event handlers like 'onload' to be included. The extracted iframe HTML is stored via update_post_meta() and later rendered on the front-end in class-cl-public-card.php without any escaping or wp_kses filtering. 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 2026-03-04 | Published 2026-03-20 | Updated 2026-04-08 | 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

2026-03-10:Vendor Notified
2026-03-20:Disclosed

Credits

Tharadol Suksamran finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-55cb-49ee-add1-f5364d0772eb?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ublic/class-cl-public-card.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ublic/class-cl-public-card.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...contact-list-custom-fields.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...contact-list-custom-fields.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...contact-list-custom-fields.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...contact-list-custom-fields.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3486445

cve.org (CVE-2026-3516)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-3516)

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