CVE-2026-8790: Football Pool (WordPress plugin) · Cross-site Scripting
Affects Football Pool (WordPress plugin)Source CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.1 Medium.
Data as of 3 Nov 2026, 10:58 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 32% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Aug 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 3 Nov 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| antoinehFootball Pool | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Until a patch is available, users should consider disabling the Shoutbox widget or restricting access to trusted users only. Additionally, monitoring for suspicious POST requests targeting the 'shouttext' parameter may help detect exploitation attempts.
Description
The Football Pool plugin for WordPress contains a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Shoutbox widget. This occurs via the 'shouttext' POST parameter in all versions up to and including 2.13.4. The vulnerability arises because raw POST data is echoed back into a textarea element without proper HTML escaping when certain conditions fail, such as nonce check failure or empty input. This allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary scripts in the browsers of authenticated users with Subscriber-level or higher privileges who submit crafted POST requests.
References
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5d17538-30ff-423c-bd61-d85a3f5aba74?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3538628/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php (opens in a new tab)