CVE-2026-86798

HIGHCVSS 8.8

Description

The HootBoard WordPress plugin through 3.1.4 does not perform any authorisation check on some of its REST endpoints, and does not escape the values stored through them before outputting them in a public page, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the browser of anyone visiting that page, including administrators.

Timeline

Published:October 11th, 2026 7:17 AM

Last modified:October 11th, 2026 12:17 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 8.8 (HIGH)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a0cfbbb7-4cc5-4ec0-b420-e249204fcd46/

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute