CVE-2026-8790
The Football Pool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `shouttext` POST parameter of the Shoutbox widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. When a shoutbox form submission fails the nonce check (or `shouttext` is empty, or the user is unable to save), the raw POST value is echoed back into a `<textarea>` element using `printf('%s', ...)` with no HTML escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the browser of an authenticated victim (Subscriber-level or higher) who is tricked into submitting a crafted POST request to a page that contains the Shoutbox widget.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Puntuación base: 6.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.39%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 31
- 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).
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/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L127
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L142
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L84
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L127
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L142
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L84
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3538628/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5d17538-30ff-423c-bd61-d85a3f5aba74?source=cve
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