Description
The SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'draweropenverposition' Block/Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.10.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. The injected payload is stored inside the block-delimiter HTML comment's JSON, which wp_kses_post does not neutralize on save, and is only interpolated into the rendered style attribute at display time without esc_attr() escaping, allowing a double-quote to break out of the attribute and introduce arbitrary HTML event handlers.
Published: 2026-08-16
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
AI Analysis

Impact

The SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard WordPress plugin is vulnerable to a stored cross‑site scripting flaw that can be triggered by any authenticated user with contributor level or higher. The flaw arises from inadequate sanitization of the 'draweropenverposition' block or shortcode attribute, allowing an attacker to inject JavaScript that is persisted in the block’s HTML comment JSON. When a page containing that block is rendered, the malicious payload is inserted into a style attribute without proper escaping, enabling the execution of arbitrary script in the browser context of every user who views the page. This permits defacement, credential theft, or other malicious actions on behalf of legitimate users.

Affected Systems

All installations of the SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard plugin for WordPress running version 1.10.3 or earlier are affected. The vulnerability exists across every version up to and including 1.10.3 of the plugin regardless of the WordPress core version. WordPress sites that have the plugin installed with contributor or higher roles can be leveraged for exploitation.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.4 indicates a moderate severity. Because the attack requires a valid contributor or higher authenticated session, the exploitability is limited to insiders or compromised accounts rather than public remote exploits. The EPSS score is not available and the vulnerability is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting that widespread automated exploitation has not yet been observed. Nonetheless, the stored XSS payload can affect all users who view the injected page, potentially leading to widespread compromise within the affected WordPress installation.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 16, 2026 at 06:51 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Disable the Notification block and related shortcodes from all pages or remove the block entirely to stop new injections until a vendor fix is released.
  • Restrict contributor and higher‑level users from editing or creating Notification blocks or shortcodes that include the vulnerable attribute, effectively preventing new injections until a fix is available.
  • Monitor the plugin’s update feed, and apply any vendor patch as soon as it becomes available.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on August 16, 2026 at 06:51 UTC.

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History

Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Brainstormforce
Brainstormforce suredash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Brainstormforce
Brainstormforce suredash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'draweropenverposition' Block/Shortcode Attribute in all versions up to, and including, 1.10.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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. The injected payload is stored inside the block-delimiter HTML comment's JSON, which wp_kses_post does not neutralize on save, and is only interpolated into the rendered style attribute at display time without esc_attr() escaping, allowing a double-quote to break out of the attribute and introduce arbitrary HTML event handlers.
Title SureDash <= 1.10.3 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'draweropenverposition' Block/Shortcode Attribute
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

Brainstormforce Suredash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-17T16:05:44.437Z

Reserved: 2026-07-30T15:23:22.943Z

Link: CVE-2026-18402

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-17T14:14:08.357Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-16T06:16:51.807

Modified: 2026-08-20T12:48:10.287

Link: CVE-2026-18402

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-16T09:45:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-79

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