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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2026-6255 EUVD-2026-27199GHSA-qpmj-rjxh-7h62

Simple Owl Shortcodes <= 2.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'num' Shortcode Attribute

Published May 5, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Simple Owl Shortcodes plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'num' attribute of the 'owls_wrapper' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.1 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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
sszdh Simple Owl Shortcodes ≤ 2.1.1 —

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