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CVE-2026-2687

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).
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:154505edb085ce28a48dc7820be35767bf092c1df2ebe7bbad802fa26e4b1c09
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cwe · 2 assertions

{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:100fec55c8f47d6aae6e5e7f644442748b901258148f6089efc71e40b5f9b0d0 · sha256:d0addac4ba53fe3d… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

{"description":"CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:100fec55c8f47d6aae6e5e7f644442748b901258148f6089efc71e40b5f9b0d0 · sha256:d0addac4ba53fe3d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Reading progressbar","vendor":"Unknown","versions":[{"lessThan":"1.3.1","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:100fec55c8f47d6aae6e5e7f644442748b901258148f6089efc71e40b5f9b0d0 · sha256:d0addac4ba53fe3d… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"LOW","baseScore":4.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"LOW","integrityImpact":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:100fec55c8f47d6aae6e5e7f644442748b901258148f6089efc71e40b5f9b0d0 · sha256:d0addac4ba53fe3d… · /containers/adp/0/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

2 source assertions
{"cweId":"CWE-79","description":"CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:100fec55c8f47d6aae6e5e7f644442748b901258148f6089efc71e40b5f9b0d0 · sha256:d0addac4ba53fe3d… · /containers/adp/0/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
{"description":"CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:100fec55c8f47d6aae6e5e7f644442748b901258148f6089efc71e40b5f9b0d0 · sha256:d0addac4ba53fe3d… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

1 source assertion
{"tags":["exploit","vdb-entry","technical-description"],"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af2e1249-2b69-47b6-85aa-9a6b30c51936/"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:100fec55c8f47d6aae6e5e7f644442748b901258148f6089efc71e40b5f9b0d0 · sha256:d0addac4ba53fe3d… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

Provider severity values are preserved separately. Baitaphish does not convert them into a risk rating, infer affected products, or treat EPSS as observed exploitation.

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