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).
History

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Reading Progressbar
Reading Progressbar reading Progressbar
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Reading Progressbar
Reading Progressbar reading Progressbar
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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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).
Title Reading progressbar < 1.3.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-03-12T06:00:11.992Z

Updated: 2026-03-12T13:39:16.674Z

Reserved: 2026-02-18T14:09:37.224Z

Link: CVE-2026-2687

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-12T13:39:07.091Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-12T06:16:30.613

Modified: 2026-03-12T21:07:53.427

Link: CVE-2026-2687

cve-icon Redhat

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