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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-3618 Detail

Description

The Columns by BestWebSoft plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'id' shortcode attribute of the [print_clmns] shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.0.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the 'id' attribute. The shortcode receives the 'id' parameter via shortcode_atts() at line 596 and directly embeds it into HTML output at line 731 (in a div id attribute) and into inline CSS at lines 672-729 without any escaping or sanitization. While the SQL query uses %d to cast the value to an integer for database lookup, the original unsanitized string value of $id is still used in the HTML/CSS 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. The attack requires that at least one column exists in the plugin (created by an admin), as the SQL query must return results for the output branch to be reached.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/tags/1.0.3/columns-bws.php#L596 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/tags/1.0.3/columns-bws.php#L672 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/tags/1.0.3/columns-bws.php#L729 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/tags/1.0.3/columns-bws.php#L731 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/trunk/columns-bws.php#L596 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/trunk/columns-bws.php#L672 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/trunk/columns-bws.php#L729 Wordfence
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/columns-bws/trunk/columns-bws.php#L731 Wordfence
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d3e293db-9177-4fbb-a469-900d9330642d?source=cve Wordfence

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Wordfence  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-3618
NVD Published Date:
04/08/2026
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2026
Source:
Wordfence