Description
The Simple Football Scoreboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ytmr_fb_scoreboard' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 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: 2026-03-21
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Stored Cross‑Site Scripting
Action: Update Plugin
AI Analysis

Impact

The Simple Football Scoreboard plugin for WordPress contains a stored cross‑site scripting flaw in its shortcode attributes. An attacker who can authenticate to the site with Contributor or higher privileges can submit malicious code that is then saved and served to anyone who views a page containing the shortcode. The injected script will be executed in the browsers of all visitors to that page, enabling session hijacking, defacement, phishing, or other client‑side attacks.

Affected Systems

The vulnerability affects the dogrow Simple Football Scoreboard plugin in all released versions up to and including 1.0. No newer versions are listed as affected.

Risk and Exploitability

The CVSS score of 6.4 indicates medium severity. EPSS information is unavailable, and the flaw is not included in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Because the flaw requires authenticated access at the Contributor level, the likelihood of exploitation depends on the site’s role management. If a Contributor can edit posts or pages that use the shortcode, an attacker can inject arbitrary scripts; victims are compromised whenever they load the affected content.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on March 21, 2026 at 06:25 UTC.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update the Simple Football Scoreboard plugin to the latest available release (≥1.1).
  • If an immediate update is not possible, disable the plugin or remove the shortcode from publicly accessible pages.
  • Restrict Contributor and higher roles from editing content that may contain the shortcode.
  • Apply a web application firewall or additional input validation to block script injection attempts.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on March 21, 2026 at 06:25 UTC.

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History

Tue, 24 Mar 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Mon, 23 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dogrow
Dogrow simple Football Scoreboard
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Dogrow
Dogrow simple Football Scoreboard
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 05:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Simple Football Scoreboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ytmr_fb_scoreboard' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 1.0 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 Simple Football Scoreboard <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode Attributes
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

Dogrow Simple Football Scoreboard
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T16:50:17.162Z

Reserved: 2026-02-04T14:29:18.387Z

Link: CVE-2026-1891

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Updated: 2026-03-24T13:47:22.504Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-03-21T04:16:55.890

Modified: 2026-04-22T21:32:08.360

Link: CVE-2026-1891

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No data.

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Updated: 2026-03-25T14:42:16Z

Weaknesses