Cross-site scripting in equalizedigital Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG…
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 Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG, ADA, EAA and Section 508 compliance plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'html' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.46.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. This requires the attacker to have the ability to edit a post, as the REST endpoint /accessibility-checker/v1/post-scan-results/{id} is guarded only by the edit_post capability on the target post.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| equalizedigital | Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG, ADA, EAA and Section 508 compliance | up to 1.46.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG, ADA, EAA and Section 508 compliance Vendorequalizedigital Affected up to 1.46.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-14481
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jx87-9h27-35h7
References
Other 10
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c22f34f1-2df7-4ffc-b808-234ca9039404?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accessibility-checker/tags/1.44.1/admin/class-ajax.php#L529
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accessibility-checker/tags/1.45.0/admin/class-ajax.php#L529
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accessibility-checker/tags/1.45.0/includes/helper-functions.php#L759
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accessibility-checker/tags/1.45.0/includes/classes/class-rest-api.php#L520
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accessibility-checker/tags/1.45.0/admin/class-insert-rule-data.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accessibility-checker/tags/1.44.1/includes/helper-functions.php#L759
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accessibility-checker/tags/1.44.1/includes/classes/class-rest-api.php#L520
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/accessibility-checker/tags/1.44.1/admin/class-insert-rule-data.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3608913%40accessibility-checker&new=3608913%40accessibility-checker
More equalizedigital vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-04562 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2025-36625 WordPress Accessibility Checker by Equalize Digital Plugin <= 1.31.0 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-35740 Authorization bypass in equalizedigital Accessibility Checker by Equalize Digital CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-08086 Missing authorization in equalizedigital Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2026-07926 Missing authorization in equalizedigital Equalize Digital Accessibility Checker – WCAG… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2025-36620 WordPress Accessibility Checker by Equalize Digital Plugin <= 1.31.0 - Broken Access Control Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-14481 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-14481 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jx87-9h27-35h7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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