The Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.9 Medium.
Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 10:27 UTC
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 28 Oct 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| wpmudevHustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Users should review and restrict the delegation of the 'hustle_edit_module' capability to trusted roles only, ideally limiting it to administrators. Monitor vendor advisories for updates and apply patches once available.
Description
The Hustle WordPress plugin, used for email marketing and lead generation, is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via the 'content[cta_label]' parameter in all versions up to and including 7.8.14.3. This vulnerability arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated users with custom-level access or higher to inject malicious scripts. By default, only administrators have the required capability, but this can be delegated to lower roles such as Subscribers, potentially enabling exploitation by less privileged users.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-118169 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/front/hustle-module-renderer.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/front/hustle-module-renderer.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/hustle-module-model.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.3/inc/hustle-modules-common-admin-ajax.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wordpress-popup/tags/7.8.14.4/inc/front/hustle-module-renderer.php (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e212b92a-e5f4-415d-9205-070fe720a687?source=cve (opens in a new tab)