---
id: CVE-2026-118189
title: >-
  Posts Table with Search & Sort <= 1.4.14 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored
  Cross-Site Scripting via 'date_format' Shortcode Attribute
summary: >-
  The Posts Table with Search & Sort plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to
  Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'date_format' parameter in all versions up
  to, and including, 1.4.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output
  escaping.…
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: barn2media
product: Posts Table with Search & Sort
affected:
  - posts_table_with_search_sort <= 1.4.14
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-06T14:59:37.359499Z'
published: '2026-11-06'
updated: '2026-11-06'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-06T15:03:16.142Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-118189'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4ac45e56-606a-445f-84ec-349b68109065?source=cve
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php#L338
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php#L345
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/posts-data-table/tags/1.4.14/src/Table_Shortcode.php#L33
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3780094/posts-data-table/trunk/src/Simple_Posts_Table.php
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00207
epssPercentile: 0.10905
ingestedAt: '2026-11-06T08:48:01.703Z'
---

## Overview

The Posts Table with Search & Sort plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'date_format' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output 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. The payload bypasses wp_kses_post at save time because it contains no literal angle bracket characters; the malicious HTML tags are only reconstructed at render time, making this exploitable by Contributors who would ordinarily lack the unfiltered_html capability.

## Affected

- `posts_table_with_search_sort <= 1.4.14`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.