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
- 2 October 2026
- Updated
- 15 October 2026
- Weakness
- CWE-79
Vendor fix
Update to a version later than 2.4.2 or apply patches that sanitize and escape 'data_type' parameter.
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-2026-96871
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mangboard/tags/2.4.2/includes/mb-actions.php#L520
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mangboard/tags/2.4.2/includes/skin-filters.php#L75
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3712357%40mangboard&new=3712357%40mangboard
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8ae8d77c-cf52-442a-a273-9bca21db6e32?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mangboard/tags/2.4.2/includes/functions/func.api.php#L133
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mangboard/tags/2.4.2/includes/functions/func.api.php#L79