CVE-2026-121863 json
Knowledge Building < 0.7.3 - Reflected XSS via Comment Reply Response
published yesterday modified 22h ago also EUVD-2026-123187
- cvss
- 7.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 12%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Knowledge Building WordPress plugin before 0.7.3 does not escape several user-supplied values before echoing them back in the response of an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, and serves that response as HTML, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting.
Patch / fix
- Unknown Knowledge Building 0.7.3
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- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 23h ago
Exploit prediction
0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/80b4b9d0-e48b-4f24-b4bd-71dc37ac1602/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
Affected products
- Unknown Knowledge Building
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/80b4b9d0-e48b-4f24-b4bd-71dc37ac1602/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-121863
- NVD CVE-2026-121863
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