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BestWebSoft Portfolio Plugin bws_menu.php bws_add_menu_render cross site scripting

Priority LOW 27CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

A vulnerability was found in BestWebSoft Portfolio Plugin up to 2.27. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function bws_add_menu_render of the file bws_menu/bws_menu.php. The manipulation of the argument bwsmn_form_email leads to cross site scripting. The attack can be initiated remotely. Upgrading to version 2.28 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is d2ede580474665af56ff262a05783fbabe4529b8. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-248956.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00401 34th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
BestWebSoftPortfolio Plugin2.0; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6; 2.7; 2.8; 2.9; 2.10; 2.11; 2.12; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 2.16; 2.17; 2.18; 2.19; 2.20; 2.21; 2.22; 2.23; 2.24; 2.25; 2.26; 2.27—No fix listedCNA
  • Portfolio Plugin VendorBestWebSoft Affected 2.0; 2.1; 2.2; 2.3; 2.4; 2.5; 2.6; 2.7; 2.8; 2.9; 2.10; 2.11; 2.12; 2.13; 2.14; 2.15; 2.16; 2.17; 2.18; 2.19; 2.20; 2.21; 2.22; 2.23; 2.24; 2.25; 2.26; 2.27 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:portfolio:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 2.28VulnerableBestWebSoft
  • cpe:2.3:a:bestwebsoft:portfolio:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 2.28 Vulnerable ·BestWebSoft

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2014-125109
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q76p-m6h8-c3rv

References

  • TI-2012-05440 BestWebSoft Portfolio Plugin cross-site request forgery CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-01471 Cross-site scripting in BestWebSoft Captcha CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1

Sources