Description
The Mang Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'content' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The sanitization bypass is further compounded by the ability to omit the data_type parameter in a modify request, which skips the HTMLPurifier branch entirely and leaves only mbw_htmlspecialchars2 encoding — fully reversed at render — as the sole barrier.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting
Action: Apply Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The Mang Board WordPress plugin up to version 2.4.4 allows authenticated users with subscriber rights or higher to store malicious scripts via the 'content' field because the input is insufficiently sanitized and the output escaping is incomplete; this meets the criteria for stored cross‑site scripting as defined by CWE‑79. An attacker who leverages this flaw can cause arbitrary JavaScript to run in the browsers of any user who views the affected page, enabling cookie theft, session hijacking, defacement, or the execution of further malicious payloads rendered in the victim’s context.

Affected Systems

WordPress sites that install the Mang Board plugin version 2.4.4 or earlier, developed by the vendor kitae‑park. The vulnerability is present in all releases up to and including 2.4.4; no later versions are known to contain the flaw.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.4 indicates moderate severity; the EPSS score is not available, and the flaw is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog. The attack requires an authenticated session with at least subscriber privileges, but the vendor’s code allows bypass of data_type checks during modification requests, enabling an authenticated attacker to inject scripts that survive the output escaping routine and are stored for subsequent page rendering. Consequently, while the vulnerability does not allow arbitrary code execution, it poses significant risk due to the widespread impact on all visitors to affected pages.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 16, 2026 at 14:21 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Mang Board plugin to a version newer than 2.4.4 to remove the stored XSS vulnerability.
  • If an immediate update is not possible, restrict subscriber accounts from editing content or revoke the modify capability until the plugin is patched.
  • Implement an additional site‑wide output sanitization or content filter to escape or strip scripts from the 'content' field before display.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 16, 2026 at 14:21 UTC.

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History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 16 Oct 2026 04:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Mang Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'content' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The sanitization bypass is further compounded by the ability to omit the data_type parameter in a modify request, which skips the HTMLPurifier branch entirely and leaves only mbw_htmlspecialchars2 encoding — fully reversed at render — as the sole barrier.
Title Mang Board <= 2.4.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'content' Parameter
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'}


Subscriptions

No data.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:39:06.105Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T18:02:01.036Z

Link: CVE-2026-109512

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:34:53.039Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-16T05:17:29.477

Modified: 2026-10-16T15:17:07.690

Link: CVE-2026-109512

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No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:30:13Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

    Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')