WP Customer Area <= 8.3.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'type' Shortcode Attribute
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- 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 Customer Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'type' attribute of the `customer-area-protected-content` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the shortcode attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| aguilatechnologies | WP Customer Area | up to 8.3.5 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- WP Customer Area Vendoraguilatechnologies Affected up to 8.3.5 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7640
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-prrr-x57g-5wrp
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c6f96cec-ddcb-45b2-a28c-b4e7b6f5c719?source=cve
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/customer-area
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.3.4/src/php/core-addons/shortcodes/shortcodes/protected-content-shortcode.class.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/trunk/src/php/core-addons/shortcodes/shortcodes/protected-content-shortcode.class.php#L90
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.3.6/src/php/core-addons/shortcodes/shortcodes/protected-content-shortcode.class.php#L88-L91
More aguilatechnologies vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-02984 WP Customer Area <= 8.3.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Read/Deletion via ajax_attach_file CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-30920 WordPress WP Customer Area plugin <= 8.3.4 - Path Traversal vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-37567 WordPress WP Customer Area plugin <= 8.3.5 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2026-84982 Reflected XSS in WordPress WP Customer Area plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-84979 Reflected cross-site scripting in WP Customer Area WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2026-85890 Stored cross-site scripting in WP Customer Area WordPress plugin CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-7640 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7640 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-prrr-x57g-5wrp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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