CVE-2026-101928: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in magicplugins Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7
The Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'author' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.34 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. This is possible because the plugin's esc_html filter callback decodes HTML-entity-encoded payloads (e.g. those containing '<tip>') back into live HTML, meaning an entity-encoded script payload submitted as a comment author name — which bypasses sanitize_text_field — is rendered as executable markup when an administrator views wp-admin/edit-comments.php.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
The Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress suffers from a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in all versions up to and including 1.0.34. The flaw exists because the 'author' parameter is insufficiently sanitized and the plugin's esc_html filter callback decodes HTML-entity-encoded payloads back into executable HTML. This allows an attacker to submit a comment author name containing an entity-encoded script payload that bypasses sanitize_text_field and is rendered as executable markup when viewed by an administrator on wp-admin/edit-comments.php.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary web scripts via the 'author' parameter, which execute in the context of the WordPress admin interface when an administrator views the affected comments page. This can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity loss (confidentiality and integrity impact rated low), but does not affect availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2 (high severity).
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or fix is currently available for this vulnerability. Users should monitor the vendor's advisory for updates. Until a fix is released, consider restricting access to the comments administration page to trusted users only and avoid viewing untrusted comments. Implementing additional input validation or output escaping at the application level may reduce risk.
CVE-2026-101928: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in magicplugins Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7
Description
The Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'author' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.34 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. This is possible because the plugin's esc_html filter callback decodes HTML-entity-encoded payloads (e.g. those containing '<tip>') back into live HTML, meaning an entity-encoded script payload submitted as a comment author name — which bypasses sanitize_text_field — is rendered as executable markup when an administrator views wp-admin/edit-comments.php.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.2high
Affected software
magicplugins
Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7
Weaknesses
AI-Powered Analysis
Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
The Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress suffers from a stored cross-site scripting vulnerability in all versions up to and including 1.0.34. The flaw exists because the 'author' parameter is insufficiently sanitized and the plugin's esc_html filter callback decodes HTML-entity-encoded payloads back into executable HTML. This allows an attacker to submit a comment author name containing an entity-encoded script payload that bypasses sanitize_text_field and is rendered as executable markup when viewed by an administrator on wp-admin/edit-comments.php.
Potential Impact
An unauthenticated attacker can inject arbitrary web scripts via the 'author' parameter, which execute in the context of the WordPress admin interface when an administrator views the affected comments page. This can lead to partial confidentiality and integrity loss (confidentiality and integrity impact rated low), but does not affect availability. The vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.2 (high severity).
Mitigation Recommendations
No official patch or fix is currently available for this vulnerability. Users should monitor the vendor's advisory for updates. Until a fix is released, consider restricting access to the comments administration page to trusted users only and avoid viewing untrusted comments. Implementing additional input validation or output escaping at the application level may reduce risk.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- Wordfence
- Date Reserved
- 2026-09-28T16:15:22.184Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ac096bda43b0b3b89a11df3
Added to database: 10/03/2026, 05:46:37 UTC
Last enriched: 10/03/2026, 06:02:12 UTC
Last updated: 10/04/2026, 03:42:46 UTC
Views: 17
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