CVE-2026-4074
What it is
The Quran Live Multilanguage plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'cheikh' and 'lang' shortcode attributes in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. The quran_live_render() function of quran-live.php receives shortcode attributes and passes them directly through shortcode_atts() and extract() without any sanitization. These values are then passed to Render_Quran_Live::render_verse_quran_live() where they are echoed directly into inline <script> blocks using PHP short tags (<?=$cheikh;?> and <?=$lang;?>) at lines 191, 216, 217, 245, and 246 of Class_QuranLive.php. Since the output occurs inside a JavaScript context within <script> tags, an attacker can break out of the JavaScript string and inject arbitrary script code. 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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.4
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/tags/1.0.3/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L191
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/tags/1.0.3/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L216
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/tags/1.0.3/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L217
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/tags/1.0.3/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L245
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/tags/1.0.3/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L246
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/tags/1.0.3/quran-live.php#L110
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/trunk/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L191
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/trunk/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L216
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/trunk/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L217
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/trunk/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L245
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/trunk/inc/Class_QuranLive.php#L246
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/quran-live/trunk/quran-live.php#L110
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/883484dd-d48d-46f9-ae96-223626c50039?source=cve