The Listen Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'listen' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes (src, start, end) in the listenEmbedJS() function, which are echoed inside a single-quoted HTML attribute without 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.

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Wed, 27 May 2026 11:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 27 May 2026 10:30:00 +0000

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Description The Listen Shortcode plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'listen' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes (src, start, end) in the listenEmbedJS() function, which are echoed inside a single-quoted HTML attribute without 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.
Title Listen Shortcode <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
Weaknesses CWE-79
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:37:57.259Z

Reserved: 2026-05-18T20:37:32.988Z

Link: CVE-2026-8887

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:37:52.228Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-27T07:16:17.487

Modified: 2026-05-27T14:50:47.627

Link: CVE-2026-8887

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-27T10:07:33Z

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