CVE-2026-48094

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 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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/dartiss/shareopenly/commit/faf58f0497f3a024ea52c425122ef5aa22e0d7f6
https://github.com/dartiss/shareopenly/releases/tag/1.2.1
https://github.com/dartiss/shareopenly/security/advisories/GHSA-v43f-f7jq-7hh5
https://github.com/dartiss/shareopenly/security/advisories/GHSA-v43f-f7jq-7hh5

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-07 13:16

Updated : 2026-09-10 20:42

NVD link : CVE-2026-48094

Mitre link : CVE-2026-48094

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-48094

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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