Stored cross-site scripting in AI Marketing Expert WordPress plugin
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
All versions up to and including 1.2.8 of the AI Marketing Expert WordPress plugin by nalam-1 are affected. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'name' parameter lets stored scripts run in the browser (CWE-79). An unauthenticated attacker can store a script that runs when a user opens an injected page, including an administrator opening wp-admin/index.php, if the chatbot module is active with at least one configured bot.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.8 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. Exploitation requires only that the chatbot module is active with at least one configured bot; the attacker stores the payload via three unauthenticated REST calls, and the JavaScript widget auto-poll then delivers it to any administrator who opens wp-admin/index.php.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noor Alam | AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot | up to 1.2.8 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot VendorNoor Alam Affected up to 1.2.8 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for AI Marketing Expert.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109999
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-7j4j-gp82-9ppj
- 2026-10-28 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
References
Other 10
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9792f1aa-6137-4427-8f56-32d598fcc20d?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/assets/js/dashboard-widget.js#L92
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/assets/js/dashboard-widget.js#L240
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/assets/js/dashboard-widget.js#L76
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/includes/admin/class-dashboard-widget.php#L210
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/includes/admin/class-dashboard-widget.php#L616
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/modules/chatbot/controllers/class-public-controller.php#L410
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/modules/chatbot/controllers/class-public-controller.php#L659
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/trunk/modules/chatbot/class-chatbot-rest-controller.php#L55
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ai-marketing-expert/tags/1.2.9
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Sources
- CVE-2026-109999 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109999 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7j4j-gp82-9ppj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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