Shariff for WordPress Plugin up to 1.0.11 on WordPress Setting generateshariff shariff_infourl cross site scripting

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Shariff for WordPress Plugin up to 1.0.11 on WordPress. This affects the function generateshariff of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument shariff_infourl leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-9677. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in Shariff for WordPress Plugin up to 1.0.11 on WordPress and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function generateshariff of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation of the argument shariff_infourl with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Shariff for WordPress Shariff for WordPress plugin through 1.0.11 does not sanitize or escape the shariff_infourl setting before outputting it in the frontend HTML via the generateshariff() function, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

The weakness was shared by Mustafa Ahmed. It is possible to read the advisory at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-9677 since 05/27/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059.007 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-39947). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Shariff for WordPress Plugin

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11

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