CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-109983
6.4 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-10-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79
Description
The YMC Filter plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_title' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.12.19 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The autocomplete REST endpoint is registered with a permission callback that unconditionally returns true, meaning any site visitor — including unauthenticated users — can trigger the payload simply by typing in the YMC filter search box, while only Author-level access is required to store it.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation weakness
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ymc-smart-filter/tags/3.12.19/ymc2/assets/js/frontend/ymc-public.min.js#L10 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ymc-smart-filter/tags/3.12.19/ymc2/src/api/abstracts/FG_REST_Abstract_Controller.php#L66 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ymc-smart-filter/tags/3.12.19/ymc2/src/api/controllers/frontend/FG_REST_Frontend_Search_Controller.php#L135 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ymc-smart-filter/tags/3.12.19/ymc2/src/api/controllers/frontend/FG_REST_Frontend_Search_Controller.php#L148 plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ymc-smart-filter/tags/3.12.20/ymc2/src/api/controllers/frontend/FG_REST_Frontend_Search_Controller.php plugins.trac.wordpress.org
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/ymc-smart-filter wordpress.org
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/27cfa62d-ba16-4344-be0c-82cac4d21d1c?source=cve www.wordfence.com