CVE-2026-118189 json
Posts Table with Search & Sort <= 1.4.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'date_format' Shortcode Attribute
published 3d ago modified 3d ago also EUVD-2026-118022
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Posts Table with Search & Sort plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'date_format' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. The payload bypasses wp_kses_post at save time because it contains no literal angle bracket characters; the malicious HTML tags are only reconstructed at render time, making this exploitable by Contributors who would ordinarily lack the unfiltered_html capability.
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Check with FencerCISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3d ago
Exploit prediction
0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- barn2media Posts Table with Search & Sort
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ac45e56-606a-445f-84ec-349b68109065?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php#L338
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php#L345
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Table_Shortcode.php#L33
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3780094/posts-data-table/trunk/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-118189
- NVD CVE-2026-118189
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