Description
The BWL Advanced FAQ Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'baf_sbox' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes such as 'sbox_id', 'sbox_class', 'placeholder', 'highlight_color', 'highlight_bg', and 'cont_ext_class'. These attributes are directly interpolated into HTML element attributes without any esc_attr() escaping in the baf_sbox() function. 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 an injected page.
Published: 2026-03-26
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored XSS allowing arbitrary script execution
Action: Patch Immediately
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History

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 26 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Xenioushk
Xenioushk bwl Advanced Faq Manager Lite
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Xenioushk
Xenioushk bwl Advanced Faq Manager Lite

Thu, 26 Mar 2026 03:45:00 +0000

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Description The BWL Advanced FAQ Manager Lite plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'baf_sbox' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes such as 'sbox_id', 'sbox_class', 'placeholder', 'highlight_color', 'highlight_bg', and 'cont_ext_class'. These attributes are directly interpolated into HTML element attributes without any esc_attr() escaping in the baf_sbox() function. 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 an injected page.
Title BWL Advanced FAQ Manager Lite <= 1.1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'sbox_id' Shortcode Attribute
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Xenioushk Bwl Advanced Faq Manager Lite
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:31:52.764Z

Reserved: 2026-03-12T19:55:11.296Z

Link: CVE-2026-4075

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-26T14:00:45.738Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-03-26T04:17:12.120

Modified: 2026-04-24T16:35:20.070

Link: CVE-2026-4075

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-26T12:08:43Z

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