---
id: "CVE-2026-114702"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-114702"]
title: "ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer: stored XSS through web page generation"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.5
epss: 0.0013
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["nd-shortcodes", "package", "visual-composer", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["plugin-not-installed", "trusted-editors-only"]
published_at: "2026-10-22T09:17:15+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:47:25+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114702", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00"}, {"source": "epss", "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114702", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00"}]
---

# ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer: stored XSS through web page generation

ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer, a WordPress plugin by nicdark, fails to neutralize input when generating pages, which allows stored cross-site scripting. An attacker who can get script stored in page content can run it in the browser of anyone who views that page.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed plugin version of `nd-shortcodes` in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or with `wp plugin get nd-shortcodes --field=version`
- Compare the result against the affected range, which the sources list as through `7.8`

## Fix

- Update ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer past `7.8` to the fixed release named by the vendor (the exact fixed version is unknown)

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114702
- 2026-10-24T07:15:51+00:00 epss https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-114702

## From the sources

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in nicdark ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer nd-shortcodes allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ND Shortcodes For Visual Composer: from n/a through 7.8.

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