CVE-2026-3516Contact List <= 3.0.18 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via '_cl_map_iframe' Parameter
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 0.29%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 78% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Contact List plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '_cl_map_iframe' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.18. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping when handling the Google Maps iframe custom field. The saveCustomFields() function in class-contact-list-custom-fields.php uses a regex to extract <iframe> tags from user input but does not validate or sanitize the iframe's attributes, allowing event handlers like 'onload' to be included. The extracted iframe HTML is stored via update_post_meta() and later rendered on the front-end in class-cl-public-card.php without any escaping or wp_kses filtering. 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Wordfence
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 19 days later
· 19 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.29% · top 78% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
anssilaitila · Contact List – Online Staff Directory & Address Book
- affected ≤ 3.0.18
References
References8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a8059995-55cb-49ee-add1-f5364d0772eb?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-list/trunk/public/class-cl-public-card.php#L466 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-list/tags/3.0.17/public/class-cl-public-card.php#L466 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-list/trunk/includes/class-contact-list-custom-fields.php#L697 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-list/tags/3.0.17/includes/class-contact-list-custom-fields.php#L697 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-list/trunk/includes/class-contact-list-custom-fields.php#L675 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/contact-list/tags/3.0.17/includes/class-contact-list-custom-fields.php#L675 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3486445 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-13922 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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