CVE-2026-4080CWE-79

Easy Cart <= 1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes

Medium · published June 2, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Easy Cart plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'add_to_cart' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.8. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, the ectp_add_to_cart() function uses sanitize_text_field() on shortcode attributes like 'itemid', 'product_name', 'product_desc', 'product_qty', and 'price' before inserting them into double-quoted HTML attributes. While sanitize_text_field() strips HTML tags, it does not escape double quote characters, allowing an attacker to break out of the HTML attribute context and inject arbitrary event handlers. 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 record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.4 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00435 · 36.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-06-02T07:48Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 02 JUN 07:48Z
    Easy Cart <= 1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
    cvelistv5