Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 15, 2026· Updated Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-5717
CVE-2026-5717
Description
The VI: Include Post By plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'class_container' attribute of the 'include-post-by-cat' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.200706 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.
Affected products
1Patches
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Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 13, 2026 to April 19, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 23, 2026