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EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup unauthenticated stored XSS in SQL report shortcode

CVE-2026-120688EUVD-2026-124975

7.2HighCNA
Exploited
No known exploitation
Fix
No fix listed
Who is exposed
Not reported
Published
Last modified
Reference
Last checked
29/100 · provisional
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

The EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup plugin by scheeeli for WordPress has a stored cross-site scripting flaw that lets an unauthenticated attacker, remotely and without logging in, inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. The scripts run whenever a user opens an injected page, but only after an administrator has saved a SQL report that selects an attacker-controllable database column, such as the comment User-Agent value.

Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.

Read the original description

The EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'HTTP_USER_AGENT (demonstrated); more generally, any attacker-controllable DB column the saved report selects' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.25.25 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. This requires an administrator to have saved a SQL report that selects an attacker-controllable database column, such as wp_comments.comment_agent, which WordPress stores verbatim from unauthenticated visitors even when comments are pending moderation.

cve.now Index

29Pcve.now Index 29 of 100 · methodology v3 · provisional
  • Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
  • Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
  • Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
  • Severity7.2/10CVSS 7.2
  • No patch5/5No patch listed yet

What would change the score

  • Would score about 74 if added to CISA KEV
  • Would score about 69 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
  • Would score about 34 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed

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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-120688 (entry last updated 2026-11-13):
Affected:
- scheeeli EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup: through 5.25.25
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-120688 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/376eec5d-a629-4765-8ace-09e21bf3c2e8?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elisqlreports/tags/5.25.25/index.php#L385
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elisqlreports/tags/5.25.25/index.php#L419
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elisqlreports/tags/5.25.25/index.php#L517
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/elisqlreports/trunk
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3791213/elisqlreports/trunk/index.php
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Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. First seen by cve.now

Affected versions

  • scheeeli EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup

    through 5.25.25

Evidence 8

CVE record · 2

Establishes: The identifier and description.

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Other links · 6

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Questions about CVE-2026-120688

Is CVE-2026-120688 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-2026-120688?

EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup: through 5.25.25.Source: cve.now feed data

Sources

CVSS details

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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