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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-4006

The Simple Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' post meta (Custom Field) in all versions up to and including 2.6.2.

Published Mar 19, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · The Simple Draft List

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-4006. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of The Simple Draft List is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (The Simple Draft List).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.4
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.36%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record

The Simple Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' post meta (Custom Field) in all versions up to and including 2.6.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the author display name when no author URL is present. The plugin accesses which, because is not a native WP_Post property, triggers WP_Post::__get() and resolves to . When the meta field is empty, the value is assigned to on line 383 without any escaping (unlike line 378 which uses for the tag, and line 381 which uses when a URL is present). This unescaped value is then inserted into the shortcode output via . 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 a page containing the shortcode with the template tag.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated named in the record<= 2.6.2

How to fix CVE-2026-4006

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-4006. EPSS is 0.36%. Act only if a listed version of The Simple Draft List is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 2.6.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). EPSS 0.36%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 19, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    The Simple Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' post meta (Custom Field) in all versions up to and including 2.6.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the author display name when no author URL is present. The plugin accesses which, because is not a native WP_Post property, triggers WP_Post::__get() a

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    The Simple Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' post meta (Custom Field) in all versions up to and including 2.6.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the author display name when no author URL is present. The plugin accesses which, because is not a native WP_Post property, triggers WP_Post::__get() a

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-4006

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-4006

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-4006

    The Simple Draft List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' post meta (Custom Field) in all versions up to and including 2.6.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the author display name when no

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.