CVE-2026-18501

The UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Badge Widget Variable Substitution in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.69 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.

CVSS v3 6.4 MEDIUM

6.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/AyeCode/userswp/pull/919/changes#diff-b9dd818f55e8124bf822f082676bc4a3facc8ec6928e917c5f9f73e228cf24a7R634
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/98d3aa11-346e-4e1f-9c52-3b21b77b52e6?source=cve

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-06 14:16

Updated : 2026-08-12 21:00

NVD link : CVE-2026-18501

Mitre link : CVE-2026-18501

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-18501

JSON object : View

Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-79

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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