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Description

The Presto Player plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'link_url' parameter of the [presto_player_overlay] shortcode in versions up to, and including, 4.2.0 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the getOverlays() function, which copies the link_url shortcode attribute directly into the overlay configuration without scheme validation, allowing javascript: URIs to survive and be rendered as the href of a clickable anchor element by the presto-dynamic-overlay-ui web component. 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 2026-05-20 | Published 2026-06-12 | Updated 2026-06-13 | 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

2026-05-20:Vendor Notified
2026-06-11:Disclosed

Credits

Dmitrii Ignatyev finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-f14a-4751-abcb-3a5bdd214889?source=cve

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/....4/inc/Services/Shortcodes.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/....4/inc/Services/Shortcodes.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tags/4.1.4/templates/video.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ent/presto-dynamic-overlays.js

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/....1/inc/Services/Shortcodes.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/....1/inc/Services/Shortcodes.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...tags/4.1.1/templates/video.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ent/presto-dynamic-overlays.js

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...nk/inc/Services/Shortcodes.php

cve.org (CVE-2026-9125)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-9125)

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