The Smart Cookie Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.4 Medium.
Data as of 6 Nov 2026, 13:23 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (Wordfence) | CVSS 3.1 | 5.4 |
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/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 |
|---|---|---|
| shark986Smart Cookie Kit | Affected
| Fixed in– |
AI-suggested
Users should apply any available updates from the plugin vendor once released. Until then, administrators should exercise caution when approving comments and consider disabling or restricting comment functionality in the plugin to prevent exploitation.
Description
The Smart Cookie Kit WordPress plugin up to version 2.3.2 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via the 'comment' parameter. This vulnerability arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts. Exploitation requires an administrator to approve the malicious comment and then view the affected post, triggering script execution.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119178 (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/plugin.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/plugin_frontend.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/plugin_frontend.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/plugin_frontend.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/simple_html_dom.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/simple_html_dom.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/simple_html_dom.php (opens in a new tab)
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/simple_html_dom.php (opens in a new tab)
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dcd65429-4fe3-41a7-a622-cbbecf4b7dd2?source=cve (opens in a new tab)