Insert Pages <= 3.11.4 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Custom Field Keys (Meta Key Names)
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 Insert Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post custom field keys (meta key names) in all versions up to, and including, 3.11.4. This is due to insufficient output escaping in the the_meta() function: while the custom field VALUE is sanitized with wp_kses_post(), the custom field KEY ($key) is interpolated into the rendered HTML (lines 1786-1791) and echoed (line 1806) without any escaping when an inserted page is rendered with the [insert page='ID' display='all'] shortcode. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-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
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-10089
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6x9h-hg2c-hwf8
References
Other 8
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a4246181-d331-46b0-ad48-e2ece11b2f5f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-pages/tags/3.11.4/insert-pages.php#L1789
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-pages/tags/3.11.4/insert-pages.php#L1771
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-pages/tags/3.11.4/insert-pages.php#L768
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-pages/tags/3.11.3/insert-pages.php#L1789
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-pages/tags/3.11.3/insert-pages.php#L1771
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/insert-pages/tags/3.11.3/insert-pages.php#L768
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3579298
Sources
- CVE-2026-10089 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-10089 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6x9h-hg2c-hwf8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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