CVE-2026-92097

Click to Chat <= 4.44 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via REQUEST_URI via {url} Placeholder

State
Published
Severity
9.1 Critical
Published
Oct 14, 2026
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Sep 15, 2026

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Description

The Click to Chat for WhatsApp plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 4.44 This is due to the greetings_dialog() function building the {url} template placeholder from a sanitize_text_field()-filtered $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] on archive pages and then passing the substituted greeting content to do_shortcode() in the greetings-1 and greetings-2 templates, without stripping shortcode delimiters. Because wp_kses() runs against main_content BEFORE the {url} substitution, the attacker-controlled URL bytes reach do_shortcode() unfiltered. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary shortcodes registered by WordPress core, the active theme, or any other plugin (e.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.19.1 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NWordfence

Weaknesses

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Click to Chat – HoliThemesholithemes
  • 4.44 and earlierAffected

References

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