Vulnerability Description
The Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'buttoncolor' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.0 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. This vulnerability is exploitable on common installs where the admin has configured access tokens with zero or multiple legacy feeds, as this causes the ctf_statuses support_legacy_shortcode option to be set to boolean true by default, activating the unfiltered legacy shortcode attribute code path.
CVSS Score
MEDIUM
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/tags/2.8.0/custo
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/tags/2.8.0/inc/C
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/tags/2.8.0/inc/C
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/tags/2.8.0/inc/C
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/tags/2.8.0/inc/C
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/tags/2.8.0/inc/C
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/custom-twitter-feeds/tags/2.8.0/inc/C
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3695675%40custom-twit
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b1a9d042-c0c0-477a-8cd
FAQ
What is CVE-2026-84909?
CVE-2026-84909 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.4 (MEDIUM). The Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'buttoncolor' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including...
How severe is CVE-2026-84909?
CVE-2026-84909 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 6.4/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-84909?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Review vendor security bulletins for remediation guidance.