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Stored cross-site scripting in Text Typing WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 32CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Cross-site scripting
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.

Summary

The Text Typing WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 does not sanitize or escape a block attribute before storing it and rendering it in a page element read by client-side script (CWE-79). A user with the Contributor role or above can store script that runs in the browser of anyone who views the affected page. A public exploit is linked in the references.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04

Description from the CNA

The Text Typing WordPress plugin before 2.2.2 does not properly sanitize and escape a block attribute before storing it and later outputting it into a page element that is read and rendered by client-side script, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of anyone viewing the affected page.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0029 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA
Fix Fixed Text Typing (Unknown): 2.2.2

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownText Typingbefore 2.2.22.2.2Patch availableCNA
  • Text Typing VendorUnknown Affected before 2.2.2 Fixed in 2.2.2 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Update Text Typing to version 2.2.2, which fixes this flaw.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04

  • Fix · CNA Text Typing (Unknown) Fixed in 2.2.2

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-04 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115250
  2. 2026-11-04 Alias added: GHSA-5w2p-gv78-w6jq
  3. 2026-11-04 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
  4. 2026-11-04 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
  5. 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

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