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Stored cross-site scripting in SQL Chart Builder WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 28CWE-79Published · Updated

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 SQL Chart Builder plugin for WordPress through 3.0.6 does not sanitize input or escape output for the X-axis column value used in charts. An authenticated attacker with Subscriber access or higher can store a script, for example in a WordPress profile display name, that runs when a user opens a page containing the chart. The attack requires an administrator to have published a chart whose SQL query returns that user-controlled column (CWE-79).

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Description from the CNA

The SQL Chart Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'X-axis column value ($value->$xarg_s from $wpdb->get_results())' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.0.6 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. This requires an administrator to have published a chart whose SQL query returns a column controllable by a lower-privileged user, such as wp_users.display_name, which a Subscriber can populate with a payload via the standard WordPress profile page at /wp-admin/profile.php.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00195 9th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
elvinhaciSQL Chart Builderup to 3.0.6—No fix listedCNA
  • SQL Chart Builder Vendorelvinhaci Affected up to 3.0.6 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for SQL Chart Builder.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100158
  2. 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  3. 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-9rx6-fffx-55r5

References

  • TI-2024-10592 SQL Chart Builder <= 2.3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5

Sources