Stored cross-site scripting in WPVR WordPress plugin tour hotspots
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The WPVR WordPress plugin from 8.5.49 before 9.0.3 is affected. It does not sanitise or escape some tour hotspot content before storing it and displaying it on the front end (CWE-79). A user with the Contributor role or higher can store script that runs in the browser of any user who views the affected tour. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
The WPVR WordPress plugin before 9.0.3 does not properly sanitise and escape some of its tour hotspot content before storing it and outputting it on the front end, which could allow users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of any user viewing the affected tour.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | WPVR | 8.5.49 to before 9.0.3 | 9.0.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- WPVR VendorUnknown Affected 8.5.49 to before 9.0.3 Fixed in 9.0.3 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update the WPVR WordPress plugin to version 9.0.3, the fixed version. The sources list no vendor advisory for this fix.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA WPVR (Unknown) Fixed in 9.0.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-24 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-114429
- 2026-10-24 Alias added: GHSA-ghmr-rrgg-273r
- 2026-10-24 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-24 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-10-24 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-114429 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-114429 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ghmr-rrgg-273r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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