Description
The BWL Advanced FAQ Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'baf_sbox' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes such as 'sbox_id', 'sbox_class', 'placeholder', 'highlight_color', 'highlight_bg', and 'cont_ext_class'. These attributes are directly interpolated into HTML element attributes without any esc_attr() escaping in the baf_sbox() 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
Any version
Timeline
| 2026-03-13: | Vendor Notified |
| 2026-03-25: | Disclosed |
Credits
Muhammad Yudha - DJ
References
www.wordfence.com/...-ed5a-4278-acab-029c58242cf2?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...es/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...es/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...es/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...es/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...es/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...es/shortcodes/baf_faq_list.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ger-lite&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=