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GHSA-6JVR-846Q-V6M3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-12 06:31 – Updated: 2026-03-12 15:30

Details

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).

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


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

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  ],
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  },
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  "id": "GHSA-6jvr-846q-v6m3",
  "modified": "2026-03-12T15:30:25Z",
  "published": "2026-03-12T06:31:37Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2687"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    }
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}

CVE-2026-2687 (GCVE-0-2026-2687)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-12 06:00 – Updated: 2026-03-12 13:39

Title

Reading progressbar < 1.3.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

Summary

Severity ?

4.3 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Assigner

WPScan

References

URL

Tags

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af2e1249-2b69-47…

exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Unknown	Reading progressbar	Affected: 0 , < 1.3.1 (semver)

Credits

Krugov Artyom WPScan

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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-6JVR-846Q-V6M3

CVE-2026-2687 (GCVE-0-2026-2687)

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