CVE-2026-28113
Published: 05 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-28113 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Drive-by Compromise (T1189); ranked at the 14.4th 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-2026-28113 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the azzaroco Ultimate Learning Pro (also known as indeed-learning-pro) WordPress plugin. This issue affects all versions of the plugin from n/a through 3.9.1, as published on 2026-03-05.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network accessibility with low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed. Remote attackers without authentication can exploit it by crafting malicious payloads delivered via reflected inputs, such as links or forms, tricking authenticated users into interacting with them on affected sites. Exploitation enables script execution in the victim's browser context, with changed scope potentially allowing low-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as session hijacking or data theft.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/indeed-learning-pro/vulnerability/wordpress-ultimate-learning-pro-plugin-3-9-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-9766
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in azzaroco Ultimate Learning Pro indeed-learning-pro allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Ultimate Learning Pro: from n/a through <= 3.9.1.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS enables crafted malicious links (reflected inputs) that execute JS in the victim's browser upon interaction, directly mapping to drive-by compromise via web content and user execution of malicious links.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and neutralization of untrusted web inputs before reflection, blocking the exact CWE-79 flaw in the plugin.
Mandates filtering or encoding of information outputs to remove or neutralize script payloads reflected to victims' browsers.
Provides mechanisms to detect and block malicious code (scripts) delivered via reflected XSS vectors before execution.