Media Library Assistant Plugin up to 3.43 on WordPress Shortcode Attributes cross site scripting

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Media Library Assistant Plugin up to 3.43. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Shortcode Attributes. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-113482. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Media Library Assistant Plugin up to 3.43. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Shortcode Attributes. The manipulation 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 Media Library Assistant WordPress plugin before 3.44 does not escape one of its shortcode attributes before outputting it in an attribute of generated links, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-113482 since 10/20/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 3.44 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

Name

• Media Library Assistant Plugin

Version

• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3
• 3.4
• 3.5
• 3.6
• 3.7
• 3.8
• 3.9
• 3.10
• 3.11
• 3.12
• 3.13
• 3.14
• 3.15
• 3.16
• 3.17
• 3.18
• 3.19
• 3.20
• 3.21
• 3.22
• 3.23
• 3.24
• 3.25
• 3.26
• 3.27
• 3.28
• 3.29
• 3.30
• 3.31
• 3.32
• 3.33
• 3.34
• 3.35
• 3.36
• 3.37
• 3.38
• 3.39
• 3.40
• 3.41
• 3.42
• 3.43

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