CVE-2026-97336
The CMB2 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'file_list' Field…
- Risk score
- 52/100
- CVSS
- 7.2 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 2 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- The CMB2 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'file_list' Field Type in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute …
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 7.2 high
- Remotely exploitable without logging in
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.0/includes/CMB2_Field.php#L617
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.0/includes/CMB2_Field.php#L748
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.0/includes/CMB2_Hookup.php#L953
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.0/includes/CMB2_Sanitize.php#L100
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.0/includes/CMB2_Utils.php#L690
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.0/includes/helper-functions.php#L320
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.0/includes/types/CMB2_Type_File_List.php#L51
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3712103%40cmb2&new=3712103%40cmb2
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2d61a1f1-137e-4856-b5ff-b100143a8b47?source=cve
Original description
The CMB2 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'file_list' Field Type in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This is only exploitable when an integrating plugin or theme registers a file_list field on a publicly accessible front-end form or a user meta box, as CMB2 is a developer library and does not expose these fields by default.
Last activity 2 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.