WordPress WP Discussion Board plugin <= 2.6.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-115957
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerPatchstack
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-28 13:17:05 UTC
Updated2026-10-29 14:17:49 UTC
DescriptionImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WP Discussion Board WP Discussion Board wp-discussion-board allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Discussion Board: from n/a through 2.6.0.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 6.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.001700000 probability, percentile 0.063430000 (date 2026-10-29)

Problem Types: CWE-79 | CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
3.1CNACVSS6.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA WP Discussion Board WP Discussion Board affected 2.6.0 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/wp-discussion-board/vulnerability/w... [email protected] patchstack.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Peter Tang | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program (en)

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Update the WordPress WP Discussion Board plugin to the latest available version (at least 2.6.1).

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