wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the customCss field that allows administrators to inject malicious scripts by breaking out of style tags. Attackers with admin access can inject payloads like </style><script>alert(1)</script> in the custom CSS setting to execute arbitrary JavaScript in user browsers.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact None

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact Low

Subsequent System Integrity Impact Low

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00026.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
gVectors wpDiscuz unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 7.6.47
7.6.47 unaffected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/ cve-icon
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpdiscuz/#developers cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpdiscuz-before-cross-site-scripting-via-unescaped-custom-css-in-style-tag cve-icon
History

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 02:00:00 +0000

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Description wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the customCss field that allows administrators to inject malicious scripts by breaking out of style tags. Attackers with admin access can inject payloads like </style><script>alert(1)</script> in the custom CSS setting to execute arbitrary JavaScript in user browsers.
Title wpDiscuz before 7.6.47 - Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Custom CSS in Style Tag
First Time appeared Gvectors
Gvectors wpdiscuz
Weaknesses CWE-79
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpdiscuz:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
Vendors & Products Gvectors
Gvectors wpdiscuz
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-13T14:16:06.234Z

Reserved: 2026-01-06T16:47:17.187Z

Link: CVE-2026-22209

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-13T14:15:14.390Z

cve-icon NVD

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cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-13T09:49:14Z

Weaknesses