bbp style pack <= 6.4.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Author Display Name
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 bbp style pack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name (via /wp-admin/profile.php) + bbp_reply_content (via bbPress reply form)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires the attacker to wrap their crafted reply in a <pre> block, which prevents WordPress's wpautop/wptexturize processors from converting straight double quotes in the stored display name into typographic curly-quote entities that would otherwise neutralize the attribute-injection.
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-2026-101925
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3qmp-qqq9-w2h8
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31c9b86b-c971-4a0b-95ef-10bc7781e93f?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbp-style-pack/tags/6.4.8/includes/functions_quote.php#L249
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbp-style-pack/tags/6.4.8/includes/functions_quote.php#L223
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbp-style-pack/tags/6.4.8/includes/functions_quote.php#L244
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbp-style-pack/tags/6.4.8/includes/functions_quote.php#L83
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bbp-style-pack/tags/6.4.8/includes/functions_quote.php#L275
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3719484%40bbp-style-pack&new=3719484%40bbp-style-pack
More robin-w vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-12633 bbp style pack <= 6.4.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Topic Form Additional Fields CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2025-37529 WordPress bbp topic count plugin <= 3.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-101925 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-101925 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3qmp-qqq9-w2h8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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