CVE-2026-2687

MEDIUM EPSS 3.6%

Published Mar 12, 20263mo ago · Modified Apr 15, 20262mo ago

4.3 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Mar 12, 2026 3mo ago

Last Modified Apr 15, 2026 2mo ago

Description

The Reading progressbar WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS Details

Base Score

4.3

Exploitability

0.9

Impact

3.4

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

User Interaction Required

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

Availability Low

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

3.6% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-79 Cross-site Scripting Injection

References 1

wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af2e1249-2b69-47b6-85aa-9a6b30c51936/

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.