Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2026· Updated Apr 24, 2026
CVE-2026-4073
CVE-2026-4073
Description
The pdfl.io plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'pdflio' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'text' shortcode attribute. The output_shortcode() function directly concatenates the user-supplied $text variable into HTML output without applying esc_html() or any other escaping 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.
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References
6- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/tags/1.0.5/pdflio.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/tags/1.0.5/pdflio.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/trunk/pdflio.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pdfl-io/trunk/pdflio.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2bf70203-61c0-406a-9110-b60761b4a513nvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 6, 2026 to April 12, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 16, 2026