{"id":"CVE-2026-48094","title":"The ShareOpenly WordPress plugin prior to version 1.2.1 contains a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability caused by the absence of WordPress's `esc_url()` escaping function on the `$url` variable before it is rendered into HTML content","summary":"The ShareOpenly WordPress plugin prior to version 1.2.1 contains a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability caused by the absence of WordPress's `esc_url()` escaping function on the `$url` variable before it is rendered into HTML content. This…","severity":"none","cwe":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-08-07","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T20:42:39.707","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48094","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/dartiss/shareopenly/commit/faf58f0497f3a024ea52c425122ef5aa22e0d7f6","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/dartiss/shareopenly/releases/tag/1.2.1","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/dartiss/shareopenly/security/advisories/GHSA-v43f-f7jq-7hh5","label":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/dartiss/shareopenly/security/advisories/GHSA-v43f-f7jq-7hh5","label":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00529,"epssPercentile":0.42273,"ingestedAt":"2026-09-10T21:05:53.595Z","slug":"CVE-2026-48094","body":"## Overview\n\nThe ShareOpenly WordPress plugin prior to version 1.2.1 contains a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability caused by the absence of WordPress's `esc_url()` escaping function on the `$url` variable before it is rendered into HTML content. This variable is constructed from `home_url( add_query_arg( array(), $wp->request ) )` and is concatenated directly into an HTML `href` attribute on every singular post or page where the plugin's sharing link is displayed. WordPress's security handbook mandates that every URL placed in HTML output must be passed through `esc_url()`, which both HTML-encodes special characters (converting `\"`, `<`, `>` into their safe HTML entity equivalents) and strips dangerous URI schemes such as `javascript:` and `data:`. The omission of this function means that if the `$url` value ever contains HTML-special characters or a dangerous URI scheme — through a `home_url` WordPress filter applied by another plugin or theme, through certain web server or hosting configurations, or through future code changes — the unescaped content will be injected verbatim into the rendered HTML of every post or page on the site. Version 1.2.1 contains a patch for the issue.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}