CVE-2026-1316

High

Published: 12 February 2026

Published

12 February 2026

Modified

15 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score v3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0005 14.9th percentile

Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2026-1316 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability in Wordpress (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 7.2 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 14.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2026-1316 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 5.97.0. The flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'media[].href' parameter, allowing arbitrary web scripts to be injected into pages. It is classified under CWE-79 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.2 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), indicating high severity due to its network accessibility, low attack complexity, lack of required privileges or user interaction, and changed scope.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability if the plugin's 'Enable for Guests' option is enabled, injecting malicious scripts via the vulnerable parameter. Once injected, the scripts persist in the page content and execute in the context of any user's browser that accesses the affected page, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or further compromise of authenticated users.

Mitigation is addressed in the plugin's WordPress trac repository via changeset 3446777, which patches the sanitization issue. Additional details are available in the Wordfence threat intelligence advisory at the referenced URL, recommending immediate updates to fixed versions beyond 5.97.0.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-7038

Vulnerability details

The Customer Reviews for WooCommerce plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'media[].href' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.97.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated…

attackers (if 'Enable for Guests' is enabled) to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE(s): CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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T1185 Browser Session Hijacking Collection

Adversaries may take advantage of security vulnerabilities and inherent functionality in browser software to change content, modify user-behaviors, and intercept information as part of various browser session hijacking techniques.

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Why these techniques?

Stored XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (Exploit Public-Facing Application) for unauthenticated injection and T1185 (Browser Session Hijacking) via persistent script execution in victim browsers.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1