# CVE-2026-2982: WP Table Builder stored XSS in the 'url' parameter

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-124348
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Attention: Reference. No open trigger. (last checked 2026-11-12)
- Published: 2026-11-12 · Updated: 2026-11-12

CVE-2026-2982 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 WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder; no fixed version is listed yet.

## Summary

The WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder plugin for WordPress has a stored cross-site scripting flaw in its 'url' parameter. A logged-in user with contributor-level access or higher can reach it over the network and plant scripts that run in the browser of anyone who opens the affected page, and an attacker needs a victim to take an action to trigger it.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- wptb WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder: through 2.1.7

## Description

The WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'url' parameter in versions up to, and including, 2.1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level permissions and higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation by lower-privileged users requires an administrator to explicitly allow those roles in plugin settings. While it is possible to assign subscriber-level roles with the ability to create tables, such privileges are usually assigned to the more appropriate contributor, author, or editor level roles.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wptb WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, run the stack.check operation (execute) on the cve.now MCP server (https://mcp.cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Check your systems with an agent

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Check whether my systems are affected by CVE-2026-2982 (WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder <= 2.1.7 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'url'), using the cve.now data below.

Rules: work read-only. Do not run exploit code, proof-of-concept scripts or scanners that send attack payloads, and do not change any configuration, package, image or deployment. Report findings only.

What cve.now has for CVE-2026-2982 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- wptb WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder: through 2.1.7
Fixed versions: none listed yet.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-2982 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
This KEV status is for CVE-2026-2982 only. If you also check another CVE, look up its own KEV status; never assume it from this one.

How to check:
- Installed software: check what is actually running, not what a repo declares. Read the version from each host, container image and Kubernetes node (the binary's version output, the OS package database, image layers), and check whether the conditions above hold there. Distribution packages may carry a backported fix under an older version number; confirm against the distribution's own advisory.

Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d07a08ad-c9b7-44fe-a199-fa8bb7f3eea2?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3469639/wp-table-builder
Do not conclude an asset is unaffected unless you checked it and the evidence covers both its version and the conditions above. If you could not check something, mark it unknown and say what is missing.

Report a table with one row per asset and these columns: Asset | Version or build | Status (affected, fixed, not applicable, unknown) | Compensating controls | Exposure (internet-facing, internal, none) | Evidence | Next action.

Entry: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-2982
For follow-up questions, use the cve.now MCP server at https://mcp.cve.now/mcp (no authentication), for example execute with name cve.get and arguments {"id": "CVE-2026-2982"}.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-2982 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-2026-2982

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-2982?

WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder: through 2.1.7.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-2982

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## References

### CVE record

Establishes: The identifier and description.

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-2982
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2982

### Other links

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d07a08ad-c9b7-44fe-a199-fa8bb7f3eea2?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3469639/wp-table-builder

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