Stored cross-site scripting in SQL Chart Builder WordPress plugin
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
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
The sources list no fixed version for SQL Chart Builder.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Timeline
- 2026-10-16 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-100158
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-16 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-16 Alias added: GHSA-9rx6-fffx-55r5
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/16375398-c5c9-465f-9a2f-4c08f76b090b?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sql-chart-builder/tags/3.0.6/functions.php#L579
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sql-chart-builder/tags/3.0.6/functions.php#L1093
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sql-chart-builder/tags/3.0.6/functions.php#L1019
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sql-chart-builder/tags/3.0.6/functions.php#L1101
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sql-chart-builder/tags/3.0.6/functions.php#L820
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3725657%40sql-chart-builder&new=3725657%40sql-chart-builder
More elvinhaci vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-10592 SQL Chart Builder <= 2.3.6 - Authenticated (Contributor+) SQL Injection CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-100158 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-100158 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9rx6-fffx-55r5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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