CVE-2026-2687

Reading progressbar < 1.3.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS

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).

Affected

Reading progressbar

CVSS v3.1 CNA

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

EPSS

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 15th percentile

Published

2026-03-12

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

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

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry