Description
The User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'usp_access' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 20260110 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Published: 2026-01-16
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting that allows authenticated users with Contributor privileges to inject malicious scripts into pages
Action: Immediate Patch
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History

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 13:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 16 Jan 2026 08:30:00 +0000

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Description The User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's 'usp_access' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 20260110 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title User Submitted Posts <= 20260110 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'usp_access' Shortcode
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T17:04:39.111Z

Reserved: 2026-01-13T18:46:09.607Z

Link: CVE-2026-0913

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-01-16T13:10:36.741Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-01-16T09:16:20.760

Modified: 2026-04-15T00:35:42.020

Link: CVE-2026-0913

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-15T19:15:12Z

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