Medium severity · published Jun 9, 2026
CVE-2026-8883
Global Body Mass Index Calculator <= 1.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
6.4
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Global Body Mass Index Calculator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'gbmicalc' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 1.2. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes in the GBMI_Calc_Widget::widget() function. Shortcode attributes are extracted directly into local variables via @extract($args) and then echoed unescaped into an HTML style attribute (height/width) and HTML body context (title), allowing attribute-breakout payloads. 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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GB
Global Body Mass Index Calculator · helpstring
through 1.2 · source: vendor
Affected product
GB
Global Body Mass Index Calculator
helpstring
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8883
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8883
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/global-body-mass-index-calculator/tags/1.2/gbmicalc.php#L134
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/global-body-mass-index-calculator/tags/1.2/gbmicalc.php#L335
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/global-body-mass-index-calculator/tags/1.2/gbmicalc.php#L345
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/global-body-mass-index-calculator/tags/1.2/gbmicalc.php#L476
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/06804bed-17c5-413c-a31b-f6f039015e26?source=cve
