CVE-2026-2281
MEDIUMCVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
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2Description
The Private Comment plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Label text' setting in all versions up to, and including, 0.0.4. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the plugin's label text option. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.
Analysis
Stored XSS in WordPress Private Comment plugin up to version 0.0.4 allows authenticated administrators to inject malicious scripts via the label text setting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping. The injected scripts execute in the browsers of users viewing affected pages, impacting multi-site WordPress installations or those with unfiltered_html disabled. …
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Remediation
Within 30 days: Identify affected systems running all and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Verify Content-Security-Policy and output encoding.
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