# CVE-2026-112111: The Bootstrap Shortcodes plugin for WordPress before 3.4.6 is vulnerable to stored XSS via the id attribute of the \[bs\_tcontent\] shortcode.

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.4.6
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- bootstrap-shortcodes: fixed in 3.4.6

## Description

The Bootstrap Shortcodes plugin for WordPress before 3.4.6 is vulnerable to stored XSS via the id attribute of the [bs_tcontent] shortcode. The bs_tcontent() shortcode handler in inc/bs_tabs.php emits the id attribute value into an unquoted HTML attribute. esc_attr() is applied, but it does not encode space characters, so a space in the supplied value terminates the attribute and any following text is parsed as additional HTML attributes, including JavaScript event handlers. This allows authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web script that executes in the browser of any user who views the page and interacts with the injected element.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on bootstrap-shortcodes, upgrade to a fixed version (3.4.6) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/TheWebShop/bootstrap-shortcodes/commit/c26659ccb6ddb871c7dee1b77cb81cad63e7a75b
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bootstrap-shortcodes/#developers
- https://github.com/TheWebShop/bootstrap-shortcodes/releases/tag/3.4.6
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bootstrap-shortcodes/tags/3.4.4/inc/bs_tabs.php#L84
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/bootstrap-shortcodes/

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