CVE-2026-8841

The Extra Settings for RocketChat plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'rocketchat' shortcode's 'title' attribute in versions up to, and including, 0.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the rxstg_shortcode() function, which concatenates the user-supplied 'title' attribute directly into HTML output. 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.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extra-settings-for-rocketchat/trunk/rocketchat-extra-settings.php#L346
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/extra-settings-for-rocketchat/trunk/rocketchat-extra-settings.php#L350
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/061eeba3-10ad-4272-9880-dc01d4368683?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

09 Jun 2026, 05:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-09 05:16

Updated : 2026-06-17 11:04

NVD link : CVE-2026-8841

Mitre link : CVE-2026-8841

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-8841

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

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

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