The VI: Include Post By plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'class_container' attribute of the 'include-post-by-cat' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.200706 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
knighthawk VI: Include Post By unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 0.4.200706

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https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vi-include-post-by/tags/0.4.200706/vi_include_post_by.php#L809 cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/vi-include-post-by/trunk/vi_include_post_by.php#L809 cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b3e95dc2-0f50-4009-9cc0-a02f9977ce58?source=cve cve-icon
History

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Description The VI: Include Post By plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'class_container' attribute of the 'include-post-by-cat' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 0.4.200706 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.
Title VI: Include Post By <= 0.4.200706 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'class_container' Shortcode Attribute
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-15T07:45:29.078Z

Reserved: 2026-04-06T18:16:08.166Z

Link: CVE-2026-5717

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