EXPOSURES › CVE-2026-92097
CVE-2026-92097
CRITICALThe Click to Chat for WhatsApp WordPress plugin allows unauthenticated arbitrary shortcode execution via a template injection flaw.
An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary shortcodes by manipulating the URL on archive pages, enabling execution of core, theme, or plugin code. DIB orgs must patch WordPress plugins immediately and audit their plugin supply chain, as this flaw bypasses standard sanitization and directly impacts compliance with secure software development lifecycle requirements.
Shame score — The flaw allows unauthenticated remote code execution through a simple URL manipulation, demonstrating a severe lack of input validation and reliance on flawed sanitization order.
▸ RECOMMENDED ACTION Remote code execution — patch the affected products on priority.
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.