Description
The Kunze Law plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin's shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to the plugin fetching HTML content from a remote server and injecting it into pages without any sanitization or escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Additional presence of a path traversal vulnerability in the shortcode name allows writing malicious HTML files to arbitrary writable locations on the server.
Published: 2026-01-14
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting with administrator privileges
Action: Disable Plugin
AI Analysis

Impact

The Kunze Law WordPress plugin contains a stored cross‑site scripting flaw that allows a user with Administrator‑level access to embed arbitrary JavaScript within the plugin’s shortcode. The plugin fetches HTML from a remote server and writes the response directly into a page without sanitization or escaping, meaning the malicious script will run whenever any visitor loads the affected page. The same shortcode also suffers a path‑traversal weakness that lets the attacker create or overwrite files in any server location that is writable by the web server process, potentially allowing the deployment of additional malicious artifacts such as HTML or PHP files.

Affected Systems

WordPress sites running Kunze Law versions through 2.1, including multisite installations or sites where the option unfiltered_html is disabled, are affected. Only users with Administrator (or higher) privileges can achieve the injection, yet the resulting compromised content is visible to all users who view the page.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 4.4 denotes low severity, and the EPSS score of less than 1% indicates that exploitation is highly unlikely in the wild. The vulnerability is not listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. An attacker must first obtain Administrator access to the site to trigger the flaw; once achieved, stored scripts will execute for every user visiting the content, and the path‑traversal flaw can be used to write arbitrary files, potentially expanding the attack surface. The overall risk is moderate in environments where administrators cannot be fully trusted, but remains low for most deployments due to the elevated‑privilege prerequisite.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 21, 2026 at 00:26 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Disable or remove the Kunze Law plugin if it is not required for site functionality
  • Delete or manually sanitize any shortcode entries that contain injected script or unintended HTML stored in the database
  • Ensure that the WordPress option unfiltered_html is disabled for all users other than administrators and consider adding a content sanitization layer or plugin to escape output from the shortcode

Generated by OpenCVE AI on April 21, 2026 at 00:26 UTC.

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History

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 22:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Wed, 14 Jan 2026 11:15:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Kunze Law plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via plugin's shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 2.1 due to the plugin fetching HTML content from a remote server and injecting it into pages without any sanitization or escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled. Additional presence of a path traversal vulnerability in the shortcode name allows writing malicious HTML files to arbitrary writable locations on the server.
Title Kunze Law <= 2.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:33:47.043Z

Reserved: 2026-01-08T10:32:11.060Z

Link: CVE-2025-15486

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Updated: 2026-01-14T21:05:18.188Z

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-01-14T06:15:54.597

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2025-15486

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Updated: 2026-04-21T00:30:22Z

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