CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-15292

MediumCVSS 6.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Sudoku Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'background' parameter in the 'sudoku-sc' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.

Risk Assessment

Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher can inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Recommendation

It is recommended to immediately update the Sudoku Shortcode plugin to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability, and restrict user permissions to the minimum necessary.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Sudoku Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'background' parameter in the 'sudoku-sc' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS