Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Apr 18, 2026· Updated Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-1838
CVE-2026-1838
Description
The Hostel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'shortcode_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
9- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/controllers/ajax.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/hostel.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/views/partial/rooms-table.html.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/controllers/ajax.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/hostel.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/views/partial/rooms-table.html.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3478265/hostel/trunk/hostel.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2b9da491-771a-4100-b41a-7411981dd34bnvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 13, 2026 to April 19, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 23, 2026