barn2media Posts Table with Search & Sort Plugin up to 1.4.14 on WordPress date_format cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in barn2media Posts Table with Search & Sort Plugin up to 1.4.14. Affected is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation of the argument date_format can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-118189. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in barn2media Posts Table with Search & Sort Plugin up to 1.4.14. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument date_format with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The Posts Table with Search & Sort plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'date_format' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.14 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. The payload bypasses wp_kses_post at save time because it contains no literal angle bracket characters; the malicious HTML tags are only reconstructed at render time, making this exploitable by Contributors who would ordinarily lack the unfiltered_html capability.

The advisory is available at wordfence.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2026-118189 since 10/27/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

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• WordPress Plugin

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• barn2media

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• Posts Table with Search & Sort Plugin

Version

• 1.4.0
• 1.4.1
• 1.4.2
• 1.4.3
• 1.4.4
• 1.4.5
• 1.4.6
• 1.4.7
• 1.4.8
• 1.4.9
• 1.4.10
• 1.4.11
• 1.4.12
• 1.4.13
• 1.4.14

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