CVE-2026-4004
MEDIUM
6,5
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: low
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Description
AI Translation Available
The Task Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary shortcode execution via the 'search' AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.2. This is due to missing capability checks in the callback_search() function and insufficient input validation that allows shortcode syntax (square brackets) to pass through sanitize_text_field() and be concatenated into a do_shortcode() call. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to execute arbitrary shortcodes on the site by injecting shortcode syntax into parameters like 'task_id', 'point_id', 'categories_id', or 'term'.
94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Access Control
Integrity
Confidentiality
Availability
Non-Repudiation
Potential Impacts:
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Gain Privileges Or Assume Identity
Execute Unauthorized Code Or Commands
Hide Activities
Applicable Platforms
Languages:
Interpreted
Technologies:
AI/ML
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/task-manager/tags/3.0.2/module/navig…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/task-manager/tags/3.0.2/module/navig…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/task-manager/tags/3.0.2/module/navig…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/task-manager/trunk/module/navigation…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/task-manager/trunk/module/navigation…
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/task-manager/trunk/module/navigation…
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e3a902a6-c16f-4e0a-a1…