CVE-2026-2936

High

Published: 04 April 2026

Published

04 April 2026

Modified

24 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 0.0003 10.8th percentile

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

Summary

CVE-2026-2936 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 10.8th 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-2026-2936 is a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 8.4. The flaw arises from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of the 'page_title' parameter, classified under CWE-79. It carries 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 complexity, lack of privileges or user interaction required, and changed scope.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit the vulnerability by injecting arbitrary web scripts through the 'page_title' parameter. These scripts are stored on the site and execute in the context of an administrator's browser whenever they access the Traffic by Title section, enabling potential compromise of admin sessions or further site actions.

Mitigation guidance is provided in advisories from the WordPress plugin trac (changeset 3466230) and Wordfence threat intelligence, which detail patches addressing the input sanitization and output escaping issues in updated plugin versions. Security practitioners should urge WordPress site owners to update the plugin beyond version 8.4.

EU & UK References

🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-18995

Vulnerability details

The Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'page_title' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 8.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for…

unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an admin user accesses the Traffic by Title section.

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 exploitation of the web application (T1190) and allows arbitrary script execution in admin browser context for session hijacking or further privileged actions (T1185).

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