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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2023-5708 EUVD-2023-57995GHSA-rw2v-7gvm-m375

WP Post Columns <= 2.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

Published Nov 22, 2023 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The WP Post Columns plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'column' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
sammyb WP Post Columns ≤ 2.2 —

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