CVE-2026-76573
Description
The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'not_found' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9.1 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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/classes/PodsInit.php#L514
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L1399
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L2535
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L2539
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3674726%40pods&new=3674726%40pods
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82ca2dfc-a820-49d7-bb73-38dbb8406841?source=cve
CWEs
CWE-79
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.