CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-1278
The Mandatory Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has be
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Mandatory Field","vendor":"ketanmujumdar","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"1.6.8","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":4.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
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CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7c3369645501ab8e9d8c266268808de859b892f273616f8141302f2ed25ca47d · sha256:0803eb18353ee8e2… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
5 source assertions{"url":"https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mandatory-fields.1.6.8.zip"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mandatory-fields/tags/1.6.8/mandatory-plugin-option-page.php#L14"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7c3369645501ab8e9d8c266268808de859b892f273616f8141302f2ed25ca47d · sha256:0803eb18353ee8e2… · /containers/cna/references/4
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mandatory-fields/trunk/mandatory-plugin-option-page.php#L14"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7c3369645501ab8e9d8c266268808de859b892f273616f8141302f2ed25ca47d · sha256:0803eb18353ee8e2… · /containers/cna/references/3
{"url":"https://wordpress.org/plugins/mandatory-fields/"}
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{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e262ec15-420a-4f52-90e0-e4a2e28402a1?source=cve"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:7c3369645501ab8e9d8c266268808de859b892f273616f8141302f2ed25ca47d · sha256:0803eb18353ee8e2… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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