The Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'not_found' Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.9.1 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.
CVE-2026-76573
Score 6.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.4
- EG Score
- 6.4(high)
- EG Risk
- 29(Track)EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity64% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 26%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
September 5, 2026
Last Modified
September 8, 2026
References (6)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/classes/PodsInit.php#L514
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L1399
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L2535
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pods/tags/3.3.9.1/includes/general.php#L2539
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3674726%40pods&new=3674726%40pods
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/82ca2dfc-a820-49d7-bb73-38dbb8406841?source=cve
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-76573(1)
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Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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