Security Vulnerability Report
中文
CVE-2026-4279 CVSS 6.4 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-4279

Published: 2026-04-22 09:16:25
Last Modified: 2026-04-22 20:22:51

Description

The Bread & Butter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'breadbutter-customevent-button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.2.0.25. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'event' shortcode attribute. The customEventShortCodeButton() function takes the 'event' attribute value and directly interpolates it into a JavaScript string within an onclick HTML attribute without applying esc_attr() or esc_js(). Notably, the sister function customEventShortCode() properly uses esc_js() for the same attribute, but this was omitted in the button variant. 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 the page and clicks the injected button.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
6.4
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Bread & Butter Plugin <= 8.2.0.25

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
<!-- PoC: Inject malicious script via the event attribute --> [breadbutter-customevent-button event=");alert('XSS');//"]

References

Raw JSON Data

JSON
{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2026-4279", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2026-04-22T09:16:25.160", "lastModified": "2026-04-22T20:22:50.570", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "The Bread & Butter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'breadbutter-customevent-button' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.2.0.25. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'event' shortcode attribute. The customEventShortCodeButton() function takes the 'event' attribute value and directly interpolates it into a JavaScript string within an onclick HTML attribute without applying esc_attr() or esc_js(). Notably, the sister function customEventShortCode() properly uses esc_js() for the same attribute, but this was omitted in the button variant. 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 the page and clicks the injected button."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Primary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N", "baseScore": 6.4, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "CHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE"}, "exploitabilityScore": 3.1, "impactScore": 2.7}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Primary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread-butter/tags/8.2.0.25/src/Base/Shortcode.php#L364", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread-butter/tags/8.2.0.25/src/Base/Shortcode.php#L380", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread-butter/trunk/src/Base/Shortcode.php#L364", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bread-butter/trunk/src/Base/Shortcode.php#L380", "source": "[email protected]"}, {"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0728b42b-5ec7-46a2-a9a5-3316107e9324?source=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}