Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026
WP Customer Area <= 8.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'type' Shortcode Attribute
CVE-2026-7640
Description
The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'type' attribute of the customer-area-protected-content shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the shortcode attribute. 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
1- Range: <=8.3.5
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.3.4/src/php/core-addons/shortcodes/shortcodes/protected-content-shortcode.class.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.3.6/src/php/core-addons/shortcodes/shortcodes/protected-content-shortcode.class.phpmitre
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/trunk/src/php/core-addons/shortcodes/shortcodes/protected-content-shortcode.class.phpmitre
- wordpress.org/plugins/customer-areamitre
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6f96cec-ddcb-45b2-a28c-b4e7b6f5c719mitre
News mentions
1- Wordfence Intelligence Weekly WordPress Vulnerability Report (July 13, 2026 to July 19, 2026)Wordfence Blog · Jul 23, 2026