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Reflected XSS in Echo Knowledge Base WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 27CWE-79Published · Updated

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

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00254 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
echopluginsEcho Knowledge Base – Documentation, FAQs, Chat & Smart Searchup to 17.214.0—No fix listedCNA
  • 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

  1. 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-101935
  2. 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-7f9m-hhf7-j63p
  3. 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
  4. 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

  • 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