CVE-2026-2687

The Reading progressbar WordPress plugin before 1.3.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS v3.1

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

EPSS

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 4th percentile

Published

2026-03-12

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/af2e1249-2b69-47b6-85aa-9a6b30c51936/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2026-2686
• CVE-2026-2689
• CVE-2026-2684
• CVE-2026-26899
• CVE-2026-26830
• CVE-2026-2690