Stored cross-site scripting in DesignSetGo via tagName attribute
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- High
- 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 DesignSetGo plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 2.11.0. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the tagName parameter (CWE-79) let an authenticated attacker with contributor access or higher store scripts in pages that run when a user opens them. Exploitation also requires an administrator to run the plugin's block-conversion migration, which the attacker cannot trigger alone.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The DesignSetGo plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'tagName' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.11.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Successful exploitation requires an administrator to run the plugin's block-conversion migration ("Scan & Convert Blocks" during deactivation), which triggers the vulnerable build_group_block() function and promotes the dormant payload from a block delimiter comment into live post_content HTML. Successful exploitation additionally requires an action by an administrator — the attacker cannot trigger the vulnerability on their own.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Nealey | DesignSetGo | up to 2.11.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- DesignSetGo VendorJustin Nealey Affected up to 2.11.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for DesignSetGo.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-111068
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-pff7-36wv-mf7h
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2314df91-4e0a-4c8b-8f8e-8b8ae1b88524?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/designsetgo/tags/2.11.0/includes/admin/class-block-migrator.php#L1229
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/designsetgo/tags/2.11.0/includes/admin/class-block-migrator.php#L1134
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/designsetgo/tags/2.11.0/includes/admin/class-block-migrator.php#L144
- https://github.com/jnealey-godaddy/designsetgo/pull/659
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3762066/designsetgo/trunk/includes/admin/class-block-migrator.php
More Justin Nealey vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-63494 WordPress DesignSetGo plugin <= 2.8.0 - PHP Object Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-111068 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-111068 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-pff7-36wv-mf7h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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