The Short Comment Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Minimum Count' settings field in all versions up to and including 2.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization (no sanitize callback on register_setting) and missing output escaping (no esc_attr() on the echoed value in the input's value attribute). The option value is stored via update_option() and rendered unescaped in an HTML attribute context. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in the settings page that will execute whenever a user accesses that page. This is particularly impactful in WordPress multisite installations or when DISALLOW_UNFILTERED_HTML is set, where administrators are not granted the unfiltered_html capability.
CVE-2026-3362 is a medium severity with CVSS 4.4 Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue affecting the Plugin Short Comment Filter. It affects Versions up to 2.2 and is listed without a confirmed patched release.
CVE-2026-3362 is tracked for the Plugin Short Comment Filter as medium severity with CVSS 4.4. The affected range is Versions up to 2.2. No fixed release is listed in this feed entry, so operators should monitor the vendor and reference links before accepting the risk.
| Software Type | Plugin |
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| Software Slug |
short-comment-filter
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2026-3362 |
| Patched Versions |
No patched versions published.
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 2.2
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