Stored XSS in Live Composer plugin via post module pagination
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 Live Composer WordPress plugin before 2.1.23 does not escape a pagination setting supplied through its post-listing module shortcodes before outputting it in an HTML attribute (CWE-79). An authenticated user with the Contributor role or above can store a script that runs in other users' browsers. A public exploit is linked in the references.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
The Live Composer WordPress plugin before 2.1.23 does not escape a pagination setting supplied through its post-listing module shortcodes before outputting it in an HTML attribute, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Live Composer | before 2.1.23 | 2.1.23 | Patch available | CNA |
- Live Composer VendorUnknown Affected before 2.1.23 Fixed in 2.1.23 Patch available CNA
Remediation
Update Live Composer to version 2.1.23, which fixes the flaw.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
- Fix · CNA Live Composer (Unknown) Fixed in 2.1.23
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Live Composer 2.1.23
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-44025 Stored cross-site scripting in Live Composer WordPress pluginPriority LOW 16
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119073
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-mv4q-mp57-pwq7
- 2026-11-07 CVSS score added · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 Weakness changed · CISA ADP
- 2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-119073 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119073 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-mv4q-mp57-pwq7 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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