Stored Cross-Site Scripting in My Email Shortcode Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2026-8048

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
My Email Shortcode
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 May 2026

What is CVE-2026-8048?

The My Email Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the 'subject' shortcode attribute of the 'my-email' shortcode. This vulnerability arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicioso web scripts. These scripts will execute whenever a user accesses a compromised page, posing significant security risks.

Affected Version(s)

My Email Shortcode 0 <= 0.91

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/my-email-short...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/my-email-short...

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

zakaria
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