Answer in brief
CVE-2026-119162 records a High severity (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in User Submitted Posts <= 20260916 - Unauthenticated Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'user-submitted-content' Parameter via Block-Comment Shortcode Splitting. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps specialk/User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.2. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.
The current feed maps specialk/User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| specialk/User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front Endgeneric | >=0 <=20260916 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 31, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Oct 31, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Oct 31, 2026
The User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'user-submitted-content' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 20260916 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. On a default installation the submitted post is held as Pending and requires admin approval before the payload is reachable by other visitors; however, if the plugin's "publish immediately" option is enabled, no approval step exists and the stored payload becomes live without any moderator interaction.
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