Reflected cross-site scripting in WordPress User Frontend 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 User Frontend plugin for WordPress, in all versions up to and including 4.3.13, does not sanitize or escape the field_attr[required] parameter. This lets an unauthenticated attacker inject arbitrary web scripts (CWE-79) that run in a page when a user is tricked into clicking a crafted link.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
The User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'field_attr[required]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.3.13 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The nonce check on the wpuf_get_child_cat AJAX action is not an effective security barrier because the wpuf_nonce value is publicly localized to every anonymous visitor of any page containing a WPUF shortcode, making it freely harvestable by an unauthenticated attacker.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| weDevs | User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission | up to 4.3.13 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission VendorweDevs Affected up to 4.3.13 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
The sources list no fixed version for User Frontend (Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Timeline
- 2026-10-31 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-103962
- 2026-10-31 Alias added: GHSA-g38f-36qr-wwhh
- 2026-11-01 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-01 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 6
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7e9e7f3e-900c-4e84-8226-8dc6450b0a31?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.13/wpuf-functions.php#L2120
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.13/wpuf-functions.php#L2045
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.13/wpuf-functions.php#L2025
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-user-frontend/tags/4.3.13/includes/Frontend.php#L311
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3770255/wp-user-frontend/trunk/wpuf-functions.php
More weDevs vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06932 WP User Frontend < 3.5.29 - Obscure Registration as Admin CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-03660 Dokan Pro <= 3.10.3 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-11873 WP ERP < 1.13.4 - Custom+ Unauthorized Access to Terminated Employee Information CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2024-11148 SQL Injection in WordPress Project Manager Plugin CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2023-02570 WP ERP < 1.12.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
- TI-2023-02569 WP ERP < 1.12.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-103962 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-103962 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g38f-36qr-wwhh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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