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CVE-2026-118169VulnerabilityPublished

The Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site

Source GCVE Database

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-118169· Medium 4.9

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.9 Medium.

Data as of 28 Oct 2026, 10:27 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 28 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: 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 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
wpmudevHustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, PopupsAffected
  • <=7.8.14.3
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.

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