Medium severity6.4NVD Advisory· Published Apr 22, 2026· Updated Apr 22, 2026
CVE-2026-6246
CVE-2026-6246
Description
The Simple Random Posts Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'container_right_width' attribute of the 'simple_random_posts' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.3 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.
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Affected products
1- Range: <=0.3
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-random-posts-shortcode/tags/0.3/simple-random-posts-shortcode.phpnvd
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-random-posts-shortcode/trunk/simple-random-posts-shortcode.phpnvd
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7d61e6ea-4975-452a-8f9c-1c6d428372acnvd
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (April 20, 2026 to April 26, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Apr 30, 2026