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title: "CVE-2026-119162: User Submitted Posts WordPress Plugin - Stored XSS"
description: "User Submitted Posts WordPress plugin <= 20260916 contains a stored DOM-based cross-site scripting caused by insufficient sanitization and escaping of 'user-submitted-content' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers inject scripts executed on page access, exploit requires 'publish immediately' option enabled."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-119162/
---

# CVE-2026-119162 User Submitted Posts WordPress Plugin - Stored XSS

User Submitted Posts WordPress plugin <= 20260916 contains a stored DOM-based cross-site scripting caused by insufficient sanitization and escaping of 'user-submitted-content' parameter, letting unauthenticated attackers inject scripts executed on page access, exploit requires 'publish immediately' option enabled.

CVSS base score 7.2 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

EPSS

0.24% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119162)

## Details

Type

Stored XSS

Impact

Stored XSS

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Published

31 October 2026

Updated

1 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-79](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version where input sanitization and output escaping are properly implemented.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119162](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119162)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/trunk/user-submitted-posts.php#L643](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/trunk/user-submitted-posts.php#L643)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3773792/user-submitted-posts/trunk/library/shortcode-login.php](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3773792/user-submitted-posts/trunk/library/shortcode-login.php)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6486ffd9-4c8b-49a0-8493-0743f945b0f6?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/6486ffd9-4c8b-49a0-8493-0743f945b0f6?source=cve)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/trunk/library/shortcode-login.php#L80](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/trunk/library/shortcode-login.php#L80)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/trunk/user-submitted-posts.php#L1426](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/trunk/user-submitted-posts.php#L1426)
- [https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/trunk/user-submitted-posts.php#L440](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/user-submitted-posts/trunk/user-submitted-posts.php#L440)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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