CVE-2026-116551: WP Customer Area · Cross-site Scripting
Affects WP Customer AreaSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.4 Medium.
Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 11:41 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (Wordfence) | CVSS 3.1 | 6.4 |
|---|
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 6 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| aguilatechnologiesWP Customer Area | Affected
| 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.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/676e563e-b89d-465c-912f-336a2157551a?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/log/log-table.class.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/post-owner/templates/post-owner-link-usr.template.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/log/log-addon.class.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/post-owner/post-owner-user-owner-type.class.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-classes/object-meta/storage/user-storage.class.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/customer-account-edit/customer-account-edit-addon.class.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3766831/customer-area (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3766832%40customer-area%2Ftags%2F8.4.1&old=3756151%40customer-area%2Ftags%2F8.4.0 (opens in a new tab)