CVE-2026-88905KeyWord Collector <= 1.4 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS and Settings Update via WPKeyWordSettings
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.28%, higher than 19% of scored CVEs.
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The KeyWord Collector WordPress plugin through 1.4 does not have any authorisation or nonce check when saving its settings, and does not escape them before output, allowing unauthenticated attackers to store malicious JavaScript that executes when an administrator opens the KeyWord Collector WordPress plugin through 1.4's settings page or when a visitor loads a page displaying its output.
- CVSS
- 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.28% (percentile 19)
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Oct 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 11, 2026
Affected products
Unknown KeyWord Collector unknown:keyword_collector (from the name) | through 1.4 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/93503140-af69-4734-bf65-bc781b761c47/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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