CVE-2026-120550 json
WP User Manager <= 2.10.2 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'display_name' User Meta
published 3d ago modified 3d ago also EUVD-2026-118170
- cvss
- 6.4
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 27%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'name (REST users endpoint) -> wp_users.display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload is stored via the WordPress core REST endpoint POST /wp-json/wp/v2/users/me, which bypasses the plugin's own wpum_sanitize_text sanitizer applied on its front-end account form, making the save-time sanitization ineffective as a mitigation.
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3d ago
Exploit prediction
0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 27% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- wpusermanager WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3e9da4a7-89ba-426c-943a-e7bc79a04d7c?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.10.2/includes/fields/types/class-wpum-field-dropdown.php#L60
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.10.2/includes/fields/class-wpum-field.php#L627
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.10.2/templates/profiles/about.php#L51
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/wp-user-manager/tags/2.10.2/includes/fields/wpum-fields-functions.php#L578
- downloads.wordpress.org /plugin/wp-user-manager.2.10.3.zip
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-120550
- NVD CVE-2026-120550
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