WP Data Access <= 5.5.89 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Image URL' Media-Type Column Renderer
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- No fix listed
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
- Last modified
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.19% · 9th percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 14/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
Stored cross-site scripting in the WP Data Access WordPress plugin, up to and including version 5.5.89, lets a logged-in attacker with at least Subscriber-level access remotely inject scripts that run in a victim's browser when they open the affected page. The bug only arises when an administrator has published a DataTables shortcode over a column the attacker controls, with the Image URL media type assigned, and neither feature is enabled by default, so it needs a non-default setup.
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Read the original description
The WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'ImageURL column value (populated from wp_usermeta.description in the demonstrated path)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.5.89 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires an administrator to have published a DataTables shortcode over a database column the attacker controls (e.g., wp_usermeta.description) with the Image URL media type assigned to that column — both are supported plugin features but are not enabled by default.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation0/40No signal
- Exposure3/25Reachable over the network · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity6.4/10CVSS 6.4
- No patch5/5No patch listed yet
What would change the score
- Would score about 69 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 64 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 33 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- peterschulznl WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps
through 5.5.89
Evidence 5
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Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-118204
Is CVE-2026-118204 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-118204?
WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps: through 5.5.89.Source: cve.now feed data