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Tagdiv Composer CVE-2026-39692

| EUVDEUVD-2026-20387 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-04-08 Patchstack GHSA-q9m3-vf6j-c5mf
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Patchstack
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Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Impact

While the CVSS 6.5 score indicates medium severity, multiple intelligence sources point to significantly lower real-world risk. The EPSS score of 0.03% (8th percentile) is exceptionally low, suggesting minimal likelihood of exploitation in practice. CISA SSVC framework assessment confirms 'none' for exploitation status, 'no' for automatable exploitation, and 'partial' for technical impact, collectively indicating this is not a critical priority. The requirement for authenticated low-privilege access (PR:L) combined with user interaction (UI:R) narrows the attack surface substantially. The stored XSS nature does allow persistent attacks, but the low EPSS and lack of public exploit code or active exploitation evidence suggest this remains a theoretical concern rather than an imminent threat. Organizations should remediate during normal patching cycles rather than treating this as emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated user with contributor-level permissions (e.g., content author) crafts a malicious page or post using the tagDiv Composer builder, injecting JavaScript payload into a field that is not properly sanitized, such as a custom CSS class, button label, or text block attribute. When an administrator or another authorized user views the composed page to review or publish it, the injected script executes in their browser context, potentially allowing the attacker to steal session tokens, modify page content, or escalate privileges. No public exploit code has been identified, and CISA has not confirmed active exploitation in the wild.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Apr 08, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in tagDiv Composer WordPress plugin versions up to 5.4.3 allows authenticated attackers with low privileges to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users' browsers. The vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and affects confidentiality, integrity, and availability with limited scope. EPSS exploitation probability is very low at 0.03% (8th percentile), and CISA SSVC assessment indicates no known exploitation, non-automatable attacks, and partial technical impact, suggesting this is a lower-priority vulnerability despite the CVSS 6.5 rating.

RemediationAI

Upgrade tagDiv Composer to a version released after 5.4.3. Users should access the WordPress plugin dashboard, navigate to Plugins, locate tagDiv Composer, and click 'Update' if a newer version is available. If a fixed version newer than 5.4.3 has been released by tagDiv, apply that update immediately. Until a patch is deployed, restrict editing capabilities in WordPress to trusted administrators only by adjusting user role permissions to limit contributor and editor access to page composition features. For detailed advisory information and confirmation of the patched version, refer to the Patchstack security database entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/td-composer/vulnerability/wordpress-tagdiv-composer-plugin-5-4-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve and the NVD CVE details at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-39692.

Affected VersionsENISA

tagDiv Composer 0 ≤5.4.3

Affected Packages

euvd tagdiv_composer no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability exists in the tagDiv Composer plugin, a WordPress page builder tool (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:tagdiv:tagdiv_composer), and stems from improper neutralization of user input during web page generation (CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). This is a classic stored XSS flaw where attacker-controlled data is persisted in the database without adequate sanitization or encoding, then reflected to other users without proper output encoding. The attack vector is network-based, requires low privileges (PR:L), and needs user interaction to trigger, indicating the vulnerability exists in an authenticated context where a low-privileged user (e.g., contributor or editor) can save malicious content that executes when administrators or other users view the affected page.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Patchstack) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in tagDiv tagDiv Composer td-composer allows Stored XSS.This issue affects tagDiv Composer: from n/a through <= 5.4.3.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 92% exploitable
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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