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CVE-2026-116551: WP Customer Area · Cross-site Scripting

Affects WP Customer AreaSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.4 Medium.

Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 11:41 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.4Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (Wordfence)CVSS 3.16.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 6 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 6 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
aguilatechnologiesWP Customer AreaAffected
  • <=8.4.0
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Users should monitor the vendor's advisory for updates. Until a fix is available, restrict subscriber-level user privileges where possible and consider additional input validation or output escaping controls at the application or web server level to mitigate exploitation.

Description

The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress contains a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the 'display_name' parameter affecting all versions up to and including 8.4.0. Authenticated users with subscriber-level access or higher can inject malicious scripts that execute when other users view the affected pages.

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