CVE-2026-4730
Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts and Easily Add Them to Your Website <= 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'chartid' Shortcode Attribute
CVE-2026-4730 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Commonninja Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts And Easily Add Them To Your Website, published May 5, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 8th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
- Severity
- 6.4 MediumCVSS 3.1, CVE List
- Exploit chance
- 0.19%EPSS, 8th percentile
- Exploitation
- None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
- Fixed in
- No fix listedNo source names one
Description
The Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts and Easily Add Them to Your Website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'chartid' shortcode attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
Affected products
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts and Easily Add Them to Your Website <= 2.1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'chartid' Shortcode Attribute
The Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts and Easily Add Them to Your Website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'chartid' shortcode attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 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.
- Record
CVE-2026-4730- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-27183
The Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts and Easily Add Them to Your Website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'chartid' shortcode attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-27183- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q9gg-cpq5-g6mh
The Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts and Easily Add Them to Your Website plugin for...
The Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts and Easily Add Them to Your Website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'chartid' shortcode attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 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.
- Record
GHSA-q9gg-cpq5-g6mh- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Charts Ninja: Create Beautiful Graphs & Charts and Easily Add Them to Your Website plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'chartid' shortcode attribute in all versions up to, and including, 2.1.0 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.
- Record
CVE-2026-4730- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/491c7680-d270-41ed-a756-9397a0bd86bc?source=cve
wordpress.org/plugins/charts-ninja-graphs-and-charts
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/charts-ninja-graphs-and-charts/tags/2.1.0/chartsninja.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-4730
github.com/advisories/GHSA-q9gg-cpq5-g6mh