WP App Bar <= 1.5 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'app-bar-features' Parameter
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- 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 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The WP App Bar plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'app-bar-features' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping combined with a missing authorization check in the `App_Bar_Settings` class constructor. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into multiple plugin settings that will execute whenever a user accesses the admin settings page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-1074
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wcg5-48v2-pxvv
References
Other 3
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9b448712-b989-453f-9acb-5556e01e41a4?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-app-bar/trunk/includes/class-app-bar-settings.php#L89
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-app-bar/tags/1.5/includes/class-app-bar-settings.php#L89
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Sources
- CVE-2026-1074 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-1074 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wcg5-48v2-pxvv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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