Stored cross-site scripting in Advanced Views plugin for WordPress
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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 Advanced Views Display Framework plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting in all versions through 3.9.6 (CWE-79). Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the comment parameter let an unauthenticated attacker inject web scripts into pages that run when a user opens an affected page. The payload also runs for pending or unapproved comments, because the comment lookup applies no approval-status filter.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Advanced Views – Display Framework for Gutenberg & Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.9.6 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This vulnerability is exploitable even against pending or unapproved comments, as the plugin's get_comment() lookup applies no approval-status filter, meaning a payload executes for any visitor loading an avf-layout block bound to the attacker's comment ID before the comment is ever reviewed.
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 Advanced Views Display Framework (Gutenberg/Elementor/Shortcode).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-27 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109995
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-678p-m5qh-f4jf
- 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/57ccea1b-d579-444e-a7e6-ae1ed218ea59?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-views/tags/3.9.6/src/Cpt/Data_Vendors/Wp/Fields/Comment/Comment_Content_Field.php#L27
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-views/tags/3.9.6/src/Cpt/Data_Vendors/Wp/Fields/Comment/Comment_Content_Field.php#L50
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-views/tags/3.9.6/src/Cpt/Data_Vendors/Base/Fields/Custom_Field.php#L70
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/acf-views/tags/3.9.7/src/Cpt/Data_Vendors/Wp/Fields/Comment/Comment_Content_Field.php
More wplakeorg vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-09515 Advanced Views – Display Posts, Custom Fields, and More <= 3.7.19 - Authenticated… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-14416 Missing authorization in wplakeorg Advanced Views – Display Custom Fields , Posts, CPT… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-109995 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109995 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-678p-m5qh-f4jf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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