Cross-site scripting in Brainstorm Force SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard
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 SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'draweropenverposition' Block/Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.10.3 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. The injected payload is stored inside the block-delimiter HTML comment's JSON, which wp_kses_post does not neutralize on save, and is only interpolated into the rendered style attribute at display time without esc_attr() escaping, allowing a double-quote to break out of the attribute and introduce arbitrary HTML event handlers.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brainstorm Force | SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard | up to 1.10.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard VendorBrainstorm Force Affected up to 1.10.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-18402
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7f7r-rggw-cgcr
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3d99bc37-4697-400a-bbd4-858543f17d1f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/suredash/tags/1.10.3/core/shortcodes/notification.php#L189
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/suredash/tags/1.10.3/core/shortcodes/notification.php#L182
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/suredash/tags/1.10.3/core/blocks/interactivity/build/Notification/view.php#L26
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3632516%40suredash&new=3632516%40suredash
More Brainstorm Force vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-19878 WordPress SureTriggers <= 1.0.82 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-02708 Incorrect comparison in Brainstorm Force OttoKit: All-in-One Automation Platform CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2025-05347 SureForms < 1.7.2 - Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.8
- TI-2020-18849 Spectra < 1.15.0 - Contributor+ Stored Cross-Side Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2025-03050 SureForms < 1.4.4 - Contributor+ Settings Update CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2025-11950 Starter Templates <= 4.4.41 - Authenticated (Author+) Arbitrary File Upload via WXR Upload Bypass CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-18402 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-18402 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7f7r-rggw-cgcr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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