CVE-2026-116551
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.4
(v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-06 12:17:17.177000
Last modified
2026-11-06 15:17:11.300000
View original CVE JSON
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-11-06T12:17:17.177",
"lastModified": "2026-11-06T15:17:11.300",
"vulnStatus": "Deferred",
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}
],
"affected": [
{
"source": "[email protected]",
"affectedData": [
{
"vendor": "aguilatechnologies",
"product": "WP Customer Area",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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"version": "0",
"lessThanOrEqual": "8.4.0",
"versionType": "semver",
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]
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],
"metrics": {
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
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"version": "3.1",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
"baseScore": 6.4,
"baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"privilegesRequired": "LOW",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"scope": "CHANGED",
"confidentialityImpact": "LOW",
"integrityImpact": "LOW",
"availabilityImpact": "NONE"
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"role": "CISA Coordinator",
"version": "2.0.3"
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"weaknesses": [
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"source": "[email protected]",
"type": "Secondary",
"description": [
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"value": "CWE-79"
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"references": [
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/customer-account-edit/customer-account-edit-addon.class.php#L77",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/log/log-addon.class.php#L415",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/log/log-table.class.php#L243",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/post-owner/post-owner-user-owner-type.class.php#L86",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-addons/post-owner/templates/post-owner-link-usr.template.php#L24",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/customer-area/tags/8.4.0/src/php/core-classes/object-meta/storage/user-storage.class.php#L37",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3766831/customer-area",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3766832%40customer-area%2Ftags%2F8.4.1&old=3756151%40customer-area%2Ftags%2F8.4.0",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/676e563e-b89d-465c-912f-336a2157551a?source=cve",
"source": "[email protected]"
}
]
}