Toocheke Companion <= 2.10 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'series_bg_color' Post Meta
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 Toocheke Companion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.10 via the 'series_bg_color' post meta field. This is due to insufficient input sanitization in the toocheke_series_bg_color_save() function (which stores the raw $_POST value in post meta) and insufficient output escaping in the series admin column rendering (where the stored value is concatenated into a style attribute without esc_attr()). 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, such as an administrator, accesses the series list table in the admin dashboard.
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-2026-15604
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vrrh-33qv-f36q
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1bf78bc1-55d7-4230-913f-d7c521225367?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/toocheke-companion/tags/2.3/inc/class-toocheke-companion-admin-columns.php#L296
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/toocheke-companion/tags/2.3/inc/class-toocheke-companion-metaboxes.php#L959
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/toocheke-companion/tags/2.3/inc/class-toocheke-companion-metaboxes.php#L960
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/toocheke-companion/tags/2.11/inc/class-toocheke-companion-admin-columns.php#L296
More toocheke vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-24931 WordPress Toocheke Companion plugin <= 1.194 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2025-17759 WordPress Toocheke Companion plugin <= 1.166 - Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
Sources
- CVE-2026-15604 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-15604 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vrrh-33qv-f36q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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