Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessRegister subscriber account on target site
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DeliveryInject XSS payload into Fluent Boards Pro board content
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ExploitAdmin views compromised board
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ExecutionMalicious script executes in admin browser
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PersistExfiltrate admin session cookie
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ImpactAchieve full WordPress admin access
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 | Exploitation requires a valid subscriber-level (or higher) account on the target WordPress site - anonymous unauthenticated attackers cannot trigger this vulnerability. The site must be running Fluent Boards Pro version 2.0.11 or earlier. Successful impact additionally requires that a higher-privileged user (e.g., editor or administrator) visits and renders the attacker-controlled board content in their browser (UI:R). Limiting factors include: sites with closed user registration or invite-only subscriber creation significantly reduce the realistic attacker pool; sites where only trusted internal users hold subscriber accounts face lower practical risk. The CVSS vector PR:L confirms at least subscriber-level authentication is mandatory - unauthenticated exploitation is not possible. |
| Impact | The CVSS 6.5 Medium score reflects a balanced real-world risk profile: network-accessible (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), and requiring only subscriber-level privileges (PR:L), but gated by required user interaction (UI:R) and producing only low individual impact ratings (C:L/I:L/A:L). The changed scope (S:C) is the critical signal - this is not a self-contained subscriber-only flaw but one that can cascade to higher-privileged users. On a typical WordPress site where user registration is open, any subscriber account becomes a viable attack origin. EPSS data is not provided, but the class of subscriber-level stored XSS in WordPress plugins has historically seen moderate exploitation by opportunistic actors targeting admin session cookies. No KEV listing and no confirmed POC limit urgency, but the low barrier to exploitation (any registered user) means patching should not be deferred on sites with open registration or untrusted subscriber populations. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker registers a free subscriber account on a target WordPress site running Fluent Boards Pro 2.0.11 or earlier. They navigate to a board input field - such as a task description or board title - and submit a crafted payload containing a JavaScript snippet designed to exfiltrate the admin's session cookie. When a site administrator later reviews the board content, the injected script executes silently in their browser, forwarding the session cookie to an attacker-controlled endpoint and granting full administrative access to the WordPress installation. No public POC has been identified at time of analysis, but this attack pattern is well-understood and routinely replicated for subscriber-level WordPress XSS findings. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 27, 2026
Stored Cross-Site Scripting in Fluent Boards Pro (WordPress plugin by WP Manage Ninja) versions up to and including 2.0.11 allows a subscriber-level authenticated attacker to inject persistent malicious scripts into board content. Because the scope changes (S:C in the CVSS vector), the injected payload executes in the browser context of other users - most critically administrators - who subsequently view the compromised content, enabling session hijacking or privilege escalation. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis, but the low privilege requirement (subscriber account) broadens the realistic attacker population on multi-user WordPress sites.
RemediationAI
Patch available per vendor advisory - update Fluent Boards Pro to a version beyond 2.0.11 as soon as one is confirmed released; check the WordPress plugin repository and the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/fluent-boards-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-fluent-boards-pro-plugin-2-0-11-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability for the confirmed fixed version. An exact patched version number was not independently confirmed from the available input data. As a compensating control prior to patching, restrict WordPress user registration to trusted parties or disable open registration entirely - this eliminates the subscriber-level attack origin without affecting existing authenticated workflows. Deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF) rule to block script injection patterns in Fluent Boards plugin endpoints can reduce exposure but should not substitute for patching, as WAF bypass techniques are well-documented. Enabling WordPress admin two-factor authentication limits the impact of a successful session-hijack scenario.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Fluent Boards Pro is a premium WordPress project management plugin developed by WP Manage Ninja (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:wp_manage_ninja:fluent_boards_pro:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*). The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation - Cross-Site Scripting), meaning the plugin fails to properly sanitize or encode subscriber-supplied input before rendering it in HTML output. The CVSS scope metric S:C indicates the vulnerable component (the plugin's server-side data store) affects a separate security component (victim users' browsers), which is the hallmark of stored XSS. The A:L availability component in the vendor-reported vector is atypical for XSS and may reflect indirect disruption such as injected scripts causing page load failures or redirects.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Network-delivered stored XSS requiring subscriber auth (PR:L) and victim page view (UI:R); scope changes to victim browser; no direct availability impact from XSS.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Subscriber Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Fluent Boards Pro <= 2.0.11 versions.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
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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