Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in Simple Draft List Plugin for WordPress
CVE-2026-4006

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
Draft List
Vendor
CVE Published:
19 March 2026

What is CVE-2026-4006?

The Simple Draft List plugin for WordPress suffers from a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability through the 'display_name' post meta field. Due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, an attacker with Contributor-level access can insert malicious web scripts into pages. This vulnerability occurs because the plugin does not properly handle the author’s display name within the shortcode output, specifically when the author URL is absent. As a result, these scripts can execute when users access the affected pages, posing a significant risk to the web application and its users.

Affected Version(s)

Draft List 0 <= 2.6.2

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-draft-l...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/simple-draft-l...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Anas Mokhtari
Abdelkhalek Beraoud
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