Stored script execution via unescaped shortcode margin
Published Mar 21, 2026 · Updated Mar 21, 2026
Stored XSS in Go Night Pro | WordPress Dark Mode Plugin 1.1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts. The go-night-pro-shortcode renderer places the user-controlled margin attribute into page output without sufficient sanitization or escaping. Contributor-level access is required, and the stored script executes in a visitor's browser whenever the injected page is viewed.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Go Night Pro | WordPress Dark Mode Plugin 1.1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to inject scripts. The go-night-pro-shortcode renderer places the user-controlled margin attribute into page output without sufficient sanitization or escaping. Contributor-level access is required, and the stored script executes in a visitor's browser whenever the injected page is viewed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-1886
- Published
- Mar 21, 2026
- Updated
- Mar 21, 2026
- Vendor
- Hamid Reza Sepehr
- Product
- Go Night Pro | WordPress Dark Mode Plugin
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 21, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 21, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=* <=1.1.0
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Public exploit references
- CVE-2026-1886 go-night-pro proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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