CVE-2026-19855

MEDIUM CVSS 3.1: 6.5 EPSS 0.18%
Updated Sep 09, 2026
WordPress
Parameter Value
CVSS 6.5 (MEDIUM)
Affected Versions before 6.87
Type CWE-74 (Injection)
Vendor WordPress
Public PoC No

The CleanTalk WordPress plugin before 6.87 does not prevent unauthenticated, user-supplied comment content from being passed to WordPress's shortcode engine, allowing any visitor to have arbitrary shortcodes registered on the site executed server-side and rendered to every subsequent visitor of the page.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Can be exploited remotely
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
Low
Partial data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
None
No disruption

CVSS Vector v3.1

Weakness Type (CWE)