Reflected XSS in Echo Knowledge Base WordPress plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- 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 Echo Knowledge Base plugin for WordPress is affected in versions up to and including 17.214.0. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the new_kb_config parameter lets an unauthenticated attacker inject web scripts (CWE-79) into knowledge base article pages. The injected scripts run if a user with Editor access or above, or an Administrator, is tricked into clicking a specially crafted link.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The Echo Knowledge Base – Documentation, FAQs, Chat & Smart Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'new_kb_config' parameter (specifically the article-mobile-break-point-v2 key, among other config keys interpolated into the <style> element) in versions up to, and including, 17.214.0 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in EPKB_Frontend_Editor::fe_preview_config() and EPKB_Articles_Setup: on every knowledge base article page view, when the request supplies epkb_fe_reload_mode=on, an attacker-controlled JSON blob is merged over the stored KB configuration and several values are concatenated directly into a stylesheet emitted inside a literal <style> element without escaping (minify_css() does not strip <, > or /). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user (with Editor-level access or above, holding the manage_categories capability, or an Administrator) into performing an action such as clicking on a specially crafted link.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| echoplugins | Echo Knowledge Base – Documentation, FAQs, Chat & Smart Search | up to 17.214.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Echo Knowledge Base – Documentation, FAQs, Chat & Smart Search Vendorechoplugins Affected up to 17.214.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for Echo Knowledge Base.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-101935
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-7f9m-hhf7-j63p
- 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 9
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3bfab9cf-4ccb-45fc-83ce-b5250f0f6482?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/echo-knowledge-base/tags/17.214.0/includes/features/articles/class-epkb-articles-setup.php#L319
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/echo-knowledge-base/tags/17.214.0/includes/features/articles/class-epkb-articles-setup.php#L131
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/echo-knowledge-base/tags/17.214.0/includes/admin/editor/class-epkb-frontend-editor.php#L848
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/echo-knowledge-base/tags/17.214.0/includes/admin/editor/class-epkb-frontend-editor.php#L1072
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/echo-knowledge-base/tags/17.214.0/includes/class-epkb-utilities.php#L836
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/echo-knowledge-base/tags/17.214.0/includes/features/layouts/class-epkb-layouts-setup.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3727663/echo-knowledge-base/trunk/includes/admin/editor/class-epkb-frontend-editor.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3727647%40echo-knowledge-base%2Ftags%2F17.311.0&old=3672811%40echo-knowledge-base%2Ftags%2F17.214.0
More echoplugins vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-16359 Deserialization of untrusted data in echoplugins Knowledge Base for Documentation, FAQs… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
- TI-2026-22526 Cross-site scripting in echoplugins Knowledge Base for Documentation, FAQs with AI… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
- TI-2024-02732 Creative Addons for Elementor <= 1.5.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2026-20520 Missing authorization in echoplugins Knowledge Base for Documentation, FAQs with AI… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-101935 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-101935 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7f9m-hhf7-j63p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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