Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Medium · 6.4 CVE-2026-6397 EUVD-2026-31017GHSA-c2q9-qp4m-w7vm

Sticky <= 2.5.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'readmoretext' Shortcode Attribute

Published May 20, 2026 · Updated May 20, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Sticky plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the `cvmh-sticky` shortcode `readmoretext` attribute in versions up to and including 2.5.6. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the `cvmh_sticky_front_render()` function — the `readmoretext` attribute value is passed through `apply_filters()` and directly concatenated into the HTML output without any escaping function such as `esc_html()`. 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 a page containing the injected shortcode.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
cvmh Sticky ≤ 2.5.6 —

References