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SupportCandy EUVDEUVD-2026-91878

| CVE-2026-94378 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-03 Wordfence GHSA-8cxj-g538-75wh
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
    Register subscriber-level account
  2. Delivery
    Submit ticket with malicious 'name' value
  3. Exploit
    Payload stored without sanitization
  4. Execution
    Admin/agent views affected page
  5. Persist
    Script executes in victim browser
  6. Impact
    Hijack session or perform admin actions

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 on the target site (PR:L), and the SupportCandy plugin at version ≤3.5.3 with the stored-XSS sink in the 'name' parameter. The specific exploit chain requires the 'Register user if not exists' setting to be DISABLED - which is the plugin's default configuration, so most installations are in the vulnerable state rather than needing a non-default change. Exploitation is further gated by a privileged user (admin/agent) subsequently viewing the injected page for the payload to fire in their context; it is not remote-unauthenticated. Limiting factors: attacker must obtain a subscriber account, and impact depends on a higher-privileged victim rendering the stored content.

Impact

This is a moderate-severity stored XSS (CVSS 6.4, Medium) that should be treated as a routine patch-management item rather than an emergency. The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C) indicates network-reachable, low-complexity injection requiring only subscriber-level authentication, with a scope change (S:C) reflecting that injected script executes in the context of other users' browsers - the classic stored-XSS escalation path. Impact is limited (C:L/I:L/A:N). No EPSS score, KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data, so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The signals are internally consistent: a low-privilege authenticated flaw with partial impact and no evidence of active exploitation points to real-but-not-urgent risk. The one nuance worth flagging: the exploit chain is only viable when the 'Register user if not exists' setting is DISABLED - which the description states is the default - so most deployments are in the exploitable configuration, raising the practical likelihood above what a raw 6.4 might suggest. Confidence is tempered by the absence of EPSS/KEV/POC data to corroborate real-world interest.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker who registers or obtains a subscriber-level account on a target WordPress site submits a support ticket or customer field containing a malicious script in the 'name' parameter, which SupportCandy stores without adequate sanitization. When an administrator or agent later views the ticket, recent-activities log, or affected page, the script executes in their authenticated browser session, enabling session/cookie theft or admin-context actions. No public exploit code was identified at time of analysis, but exploitation is low-complexity and requires no victim click beyond normal page viewing.

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 03, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in the SupportCandy WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 3.5.3) lets an authenticated attacker holding only subscriber-level access plant arbitrary JavaScript via the 'name' parameter, which then executes in the browser of any administrator or support agent who later renders the affected admin or ticket page. Because the documented exploit chain depends on the 'Register user if not exists' option being disabled - the plugin's default state - most installations sit in the vulnerable configuration, though the attacker still needs a subscriber account and must wait for a privileged victim to view the injected content. Severity is moderate (CVSS 6.4, Medium) and consistent with a routine patch-management item; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the flaw is not confirmed actively exploited (CISA KEV).

RemediationAI

Upstream fix available (WordPress.org changeset 3718257 touching class-wpsc-df-customer.php in trunk); a released patched version is not independently confirmed, so upgrade SupportCandy to the first release published after 3.5.3 and verify the installed version rather than relying on the trunk commit alone - track the vendor advisory at https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9703fa76-fd73-4cd8-aa41-8adcb55190be?source=cve and the changelog at https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/supportcandy/. Until the patched build is deployed, consider enabling the 'Register user if not exists' setting, since the documented exploit chain depends on that option being disabled (its default) - the trade-off is that auto-registration can create subscriber accounts from unauthenticated ticket submissions, expanding spam and abuse surface and requiring account moderation. Complement this by restricting who can obtain a subscriber account (close open registration, tighten default role assignment, and audit recently created users), and manually inspect existing SupportCandy customer 'name' field values and the admin recent-activities log for injected script. A WAF rule blocking angle brackets and event-handler attributes in SupportCandy's name parameter provides interim coverage but is bypassable with encoding tricks and risks rejecting legitimate names containing special characters.

Affected VersionsENISA

SupportCandy – AI Customer Support Ticket System & Live Chatbot Agent 0 ≤3.5.3

Affected Packages

euvd supportcandy_ai_customer_support_ticket_system_live_chatbot_agent no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

This is a classic CWE-79 improper-neutralization issue: user-controlled input written through the SupportCandy customer custom-field handling (class-wpsc-df-customer.php and class-wpsc-df-agent-created.php within the 3.5.3 tag) is stored without adequate sanitization and then re-emitted without output escaping when the admin recent-activities log (class-wpsc-ra-logs.php) renders it, so the payload persists in the database and fires in a privileged user's session. The affected package is the WordPress plugin identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:psmplugins:supportcandy_-_ai_customer_support_ticket_system_&_live_chatbot_agent:*, exposed over the ticket-submission and admin surfaces of WordPress, whose nonce/capability model normally limits such writes to logged-in accounts. The CVSS vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N confirms a network-reachable, low-complexity bug requiring low privileges; the scope-changed rating (S:C) reflects that low-privileged content crosses into the privileged admin UI, while the limited confidentiality/integrity ratings acknowledge the practical constraint that a higher-privileged user must actually view the injected page before it executes.

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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 stored XSS requiring only subscriber auth (PR:L, AC:L); scope change (S:C) as script runs in other users' context; limited confidentiality/integrity impact, 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:N/VI:N/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 SupportCandy - AI Customer Support Ticket System & Live Chatbot Agent plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.5.3 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. This exploit chain requires the 'Register user if not exists' setting to be disabled, which is its default configuration.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress support/helpdesk plugin, common but not universally deployed
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

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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