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CVE-2026-6972: SKT Skill Bar (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting

Affects SKT Skill Bar (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.4 Medium.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
6.4Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 28% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
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 5 Aug 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 4 Nov 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
sonalsinha21SKT Skill BarAffected
  • <=2.6
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Until a fix is available, restrict Contributor-level access to trusted users only and consider disabling or removing the SKT Skill Bar plugin if possible to mitigate risk.

Description

The SKT Skill Bar WordPress plugin up to version 2.6 is vulnerable to a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw via the chart_size attribute of the skillwrapper shortcode. This vulnerability arises from insufficient sanitization and escaping of user input, allowing authenticated users with Contributor-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts that execute when other users view the affected pages.

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