XSS in Prasunsen Hostel
CVE-2026-3907
The Hostel plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wphostel-book' shortcode in all versions up to and including 1.1.7. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, the second shortcode attribute (used as button text) is passed to the `$text` variable without sanitization at line 79 and then output directly into an HTML `value` attribute at line 91 without `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.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (34.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 35th percentile — 34.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Prasunsen Hostel — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/30339c0d-6632-4073-b4d5-3bb4a…
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/models/hostel.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/controllers/shortcodes.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/controllers/shortcodes.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/controllers/shortcodes.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/tags/1.1.6/controllers/shortcodes.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/hostel/trunk/models/hostel.php
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-3907?
- CVE-2026-3907 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Prasunsen Hostel, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-07-10.
- How severe is CVE-2026-3907?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.