---
id: CVE-2026-92097
title: >-
  The Click to Chat for WhatsApp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary
  Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 4.44 This is due to the
  greetings_dialog() function building the {url} template placeholder from a
  sanit…
summary: >-
  The Click to Chat for WhatsApp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary
  Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 4.44 This is due to the
  greetings_dialog() function building the {url} template placeholder from a
  sanit…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-94
published: '2026-10-14'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T02:17:01.397'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-92097'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/click-to-chat-for-whatsapp/tags/4.44/new/inc/greetings/class-ht-ctc-chat-greetings.php#L111
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/click-to-chat-for-whatsapp/tags/4.44/new/inc/greetings/class-ht-ctc-chat-greetings.php#L224
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/click-to-chat-for-whatsapp/tags/4.44/new/inc/greetings/greetings-1.php#L22
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/click-to-chat-for-whatsapp/tags/4.44/new/inc/greetings/greetings-2.php#L18
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3716433/click-to-chat-for-whatsapp/trunk/new/inc/greetings/greetings-1.php
    label: security@wordfence.com
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/cf625e34-1f51-42a3-8daa-a5188dea226e?source=cve
    label: security@wordfence.com
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T03:11:15.441Z'
---

## Overview

The Click to Chat for WhatsApp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 4.44 This is due to the greetings_dialog() function building the {url} template placeholder from a sanitize_text_field()-filtered $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] on archive pages and then passing the substituted greeting content to do_shortcode() in the greetings-1 and greetings-2 templates, without stripping shortcode delimiters. Because wp_kses() runs against main_content BEFORE the {url} substitution, the attacker-controlled URL bytes reach do_shortcode() unfiltered. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered by WordPress core, the active theme, or any other plugin (e.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.