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Mang Board EUVDEUVD-2026-102639

| CVE-2026-109512 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-16 Wordfence GHSA-4r22-fcjv-33cr
6.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate as subscriber-level user
  2. Delivery
    Send modify request omitting data_type parameter
  3. Exploit
    Bypass HTMLPurifier via content parameter
  4. Execution
    Store reversible-encoded XSS payload
  5. Impact
    Script executes when victim views page

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.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated account with subscriber-level access or above (PR:L); sites that disable open registration meaningfully limit the attacker pool. The specific exploitation path is a modify request against the 'content' parameter that omits the data_type parameter, which skips the HTMLPurifier sanitization branch entirely and leaves only mbw_htmlspecialchars2 encoding - which is reversed at render time - as the sole barrier. Exploitation is against Mang Board plugin versions up to and including 2.4.4; no victim interaction beyond normally viewing the injected Mang Board page is required, and impact is limited to in-browser script execution (no direct confidentiality-system or availability impact).

Impact

This is a moderate-severity stored XSS (CVSS 6.4) that represents a real but not emergency-level priority. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C) indicates network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation by a low-privileged (subscriber-level) authenticated user, with a scope change reflecting that injected script executes in other users' browser contexts. The low-privilege requirement is significant because WordPress sites that allow open user registration effectively grant any visitor the needed subscriber account, lowering the practical barrier. No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public POC was provided in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation - this keeps real-world risk below that of unauthenticated or admin-impacting flaws. The description supports the CVSS metrics: the sanitization-bypass detail (omitting data_type to skip the HTMLPurifier branch) is a concrete, credible mechanism, and the AV:N/PR:L/UI:N vector is internally consistent with authenticated stored XSS. Net assessment: a legitimate issue worth patching promptly on affected sites, but not a high-urgency, widely-weaponized threat given the authentication requirement, limited impact (C:L/I:L/A:N), and absence of exploitation signals.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or obtains a subscriber-level account on a WordPress site running Mang Board ≤2.4.4 and submits a modify request to the board's content field with a crafted script payload, deliberately omitting the data_type parameter so the HTMLPurifier sanitization branch is skipped. The payload is stored and then rendered on a Mang Board page, executing in the browser of any user - potentially an administrator - who views that page, enabling session/cookie theft or actions in the victim's context. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, but the described sanitization bypass is straightforward to reproduce.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 16, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in the Mang Board WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 2.4.4) allows authenticated attackers with subscriber-level access or higher to inject arbitrary scripts into pages via the 'content' parameter by omitting the data_type parameter in a modify request, which bypasses the HTMLPurifier sanitization branch and leaves only reversible mbw_htmlspecialchars2 encoding as a barrier. Exploitation requires only that a victim view the injected Mang Board page, resulting in in-browser script execution with limited confidentiality and integrity impact (CVSS 6.4); this is a moderate-severity issue representing a real but not emergency-level priority, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Sites that disable open registration meaningfully limit the attacker pool, and exploitation is specific to versions up to and including 2.4.4.

RemediationAI

No tagged vendor release containing the fix has been confirmed at time of analysis; an upstream fix is available as changeset 3743247 (commit to trunk/includes/skin-filters.php), but the released patched version is not independently confirmed, so administrators should watch for a Mang Board plugin update and upgrade as soon as a patched version is released (monitor https://wordpress.org/plugins/mangboard/ and https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/71b1e2f1-a287-4b9b-94bb-b860bc4748c3?source=cve). Until a patched release is available, the most effective mitigation is to disable or remove the Mang Board plugin if it is not essential, since the flaw requires the plugin to process user-supplied content. If the plugin must remain active, restrict the ability to create subscriber-level accounts by disabling open registration in WordPress (Settings > General > Membership) to reduce the attacker pool, and review existing Mang Board content for injected scripts. A Web Application Firewall rule can be deployed to block modify requests that omit the data_type parameter or contain script tags in the 'content' parameter, but this may interfere with legitimate plugin functionality and requires careful tuning; additionally, deploying a Content Security Policy that disallows inline scripts can mitigate execution, though it may break site features.

Affected VersionsENISA

Mang Board 0 ≤2.4.4

Affected Packages

euvd mang_board 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 is a CWE-79 improper neutralization of input during web page generation (stored XSS) in the Mang Board plugin for WordPress, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:kitae-park:mang_board:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (all versions). According to the description, the flaw resides in the handling of the 'content' parameter during a modify request; when the data_type parameter is omitted, the code path skips the HTMLPurifier sanitization branch (referenced in includes/skin-filters.php#L75, includes/skin-template.php#L503, and includes/functions/func.api.php#L85 for version 2.4.4), leaving only mbw_htmlspecialchars2 encoding as protection. That encoding is reversed at render time, effectively neutralizing the escaping and allowing injected script to execute in the browser of any user viewing the affected page. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N indicates a network-based attack requiring low privileges (authenticated subscriber or above) and no user interaction beyond page viewing, with scope change but only low confidentiality and integrity impact and no availability impact.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY 6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 6.4 MEDIUM

Network-reachable modify request, low complexity, subscriber account needed so PR:L; stored payload executes in other users' context giving S:C with limited C/I impact and no availability effect.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The Mang Board plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'content' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The sanitization bypass is further compounded by the ability to omit the data_type parameter in a modify request, which skips the HTMLPurifier branch entirely and leaves only mbw_htmlspecialchars2 encoding - fully reversed at render - as the sole barrier.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
niche Korean WordPress community-board plugin, limited enterprise footprint
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 0.2%
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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