CVE-2026-3998

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Description

The WM JqMath plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'style' shortcode attribute of the [jqmath] shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.3. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. The generate_jqMathFormula() function directly concatenates the 'style' attribute value into an HTML style attribute without applying esc_attr() or any other 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.

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b4aebb45-b47b-4b5a-8281-400a4b786689?source=cve

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/trunk/wm_jqmath.php#L33

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/trunk/wm_jqmath.php#L27

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/tags/1.3/wm_jqmath.php#L33

https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wm-jqmath/tags/1.3/wm_jqmath.php#L27

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-15

Updated: 2026-04-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00032