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CVE-2026-101935EUVD-2026-111818GHSA-7F9M-HHF7-J63P

Echo Knowledge Base <= 17.214.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'new_kb_config' Parameter

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  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The Echo Knowledge Base WordPress plugin, which provides documentation, FAQs, chat, and smart search features, is affected by a reflected cross-site scripting flaw. An attacker could craft a malicious link that, when opened by a user with editor or administrator privileges, runs arbitrary scripts in their browser, potentially allowing account actions performed on behalf of that user.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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The Echo Knowledge Base – Documentation, FAQs, Chat & Smart Search plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'new_kb_config' parameter (specifically the article-mobile-break-point-v2 key, among other config keys interpolated into the <style> element) in versions up to, and including, 17.214.0 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in EPKB_Frontend_Editor::fe_preview_config() and EPKB_Articles_Setup: on every knowledge base article page view, when the request supplies epkb_fe_reload_mode=on, an attacker-controlled JSON blob is merged over the stored KB configuration and several values are concatenated directly into a stylesheet emitted inside a literal <style> element without escaping (minify_css() does not strip <, > or /). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user (with Editor-level access or above, holding the manage_categories capability, or an Administrator) into performing an action such as clicking on a specially crafted link.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now
  3. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  4. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • echoplugins Echo Knowledge Base – Documentation, FAQs, Chat & Smart Search

    through 17.214.0

References 9

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