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Stored cross-site scripting in Smart Cookie Kit WordPress plugin

Priority LOW 24CWE-79Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
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 Smart Cookie Kit plugin for WordPress is affected in all versions up to and including 2.3.2. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the comment parameter allow stored cross-site scripting (CWE-79). An unauthenticated attacker can inject web scripts that run when a user views an affected public post, after an administrator approves the comment.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Description from the CNA

The Smart Cookie Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is specifically crafted to survive wp_kses on save by storing hostile characters inside allowed HTML elements, with the attribute-breaking double-quote smuggled inside a permitted <code> body and reconstructed into a <abbr title> attribute only at render time by the plugin's own output buffer; exploitation requires an administrator to approve the comment and subsequently view the affected public post.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00327 25th 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
shark986Smart Cookie Kitup to 2.3.2—No fix listedCNA
  • Smart Cookie Kit Vendorshark986 Affected up to 2.3.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

The sources list no fixed version for Smart Cookie Kit.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-06

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-06 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119178
  2. 2026-11-06 Alias added: GHSA-r989-vr5g-h5qp
  3. 2026-11-06 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-11-06 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

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