Description
The Reading progressbar WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Third Party Advisory exploit
vdb-entry
technical-description
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af2e1249-2b69-47b6-85aa-9a6b30c51936/
Scores
CVSS v3
4.3
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
3.6%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-79
Status
published
Published
Mar 12, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 12, 2026