# CVE-2026-3997: Text Toggle <= 1.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'title' Shortcode Attribute

> Authenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the title shortcode attribute, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m3x9-6r4v-vvcw

## What is CVE-2026-3997?

CVE-2026-3997 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in hoosierdragon Text Toggle, published on 21 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Text Toggle plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'title' shortcode attribute of the [tt_part] and [tt] shortcodes in all versions up to and including 1.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied shortcode attributes. Specifically, in the avp_texttoggle_part_shortcode() function, the 'title' attribute is extracted from shortcode attributes and concatenated directly into HTML output without any escaping — both within an HTML attribute context (title="...") on line 116 and in HTML content on line 119. While the 'class' attribute is properly validated using ctype_alnum(), the 'title' attribute has no sanitization whatsoever. An attacker can inject double-quote characters to break out of the title attribute and inject arbitrary HTML attributes including event handlers. 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.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-3997?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-3997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-3997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-3997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-3997 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-3997 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in hoosierdragon Text Toggle, published on 21 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-3997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: hoosierdragon Text Toggle. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3997/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3997/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3997
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3997
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-3997

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-3997/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.