CVE-2026-3368
The Injection Guard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via malicious query parameter names in all versions up to and including 1.2.9. This is due to insufficient input sanitization in the sanitize_ig_data() function which only sanitizes array values but not array keys, combined with missing output escaping in the ig_settings.php template where stored parameter keys are echoed directly into HTML.
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When a request is made to the site, the plugin captures the query string via $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'], applies esc_url_raw() (which preserves URL-encoded special characters like %22, %3E, %3C), then passes it to parse_str() which URL-decodes the string, resulting in decoded HTML/JavaScript in the array keys. These keys are stored via update_option('ig_requests_log') and later rendered without esc_html() or esc_attr() on the admin log page. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in the admin log page that execute whenever an administrator views the Injection Guard log interface.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 7.2
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.53%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 43
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Applicationinitial access60 % - Impacto principal
T1059.007JavaScriptexecution55 %
Inferido por reglas deterministas a partir del vector CVSS y la CWE. Solo orientativo.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
CWE
- CWE-79
Referencias
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/tags/1.2.8/guard.php#L105
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/tags/1.2.8/guard.php#L153
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/tags/1.2.8/guard.php#L49
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/tags/1.2.8/guard.php#L8
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/tags/1.2.8/guard.php#L94
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/tags/1.2.8/ig_settings.php#L120
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/tags/1.2.8/ig_settings.php#L121
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/tags/1.2.8/ig_settings.php#L124
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/trunk/guard.php#L105
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/trunk/guard.php#L153
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/trunk/guard.php#L49
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/trunk/guard.php#L8
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/trunk/guard.php#L94
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/trunk/ig_settings.php#L120
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/trunk/ig_settings.php#L121
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/injection-guard/trunk/ig_settings.php#L124
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3482741%40injection-guard&new=3482741%40injection-guard&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/15d9817c-910d-4ce1-a5fb-67a2b6580e16?source=cve
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