CVE Explorer
CVE-2026-2362
The WP Accessibility plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'alt' attribute of images processed by the "Long Description UI" feature in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1. This is due to the plugin's JavaScript retrieving the alt attribute using getAttribute() and unsafely concatenating it into innerHTML and insertAdjacentHTML calls without proper sanitization or escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-leve
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"WP Accessibility","vendor":"joedolson","versions":[{"lessThanOrEqual":"2.3.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"baseScore":6.4,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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"}
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Source references
6 source assertions{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/tags/2.3.1/js/wp-accessibility.js#L713"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/tags/2.3.1/js/wp-accessibility.js#L807"}
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{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/trunk/js/wp-accessibility.js#L713"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bfda1277060be0f0a37d94d7bb05d8a026dbccb03144f52f2d54e90b794192b6 · sha256:ed815d5b77583a02… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/trunk/js/wp-accessibility.js#L807"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bfda1277060be0f0a37d94d7bb05d8a026dbccb03144f52f2d54e90b794192b6 · sha256:ed815d5b77583a02… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3464593%40wp-accessibility%2Ftrunk&old=3446333%40wp-accessibility%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail="}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:bfda1277060be0f0a37d94d7bb05d8a026dbccb03144f52f2d54e90b794192b6 · sha256:ed815d5b77583a02… · /containers/cna/references/5
{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b08284ad-717f-4bdb-8eaa-f44e9447ff25?source=cve"}
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Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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