WordPress aBlocks plugin <= 2.16.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2026-10-08 last mo. modified 2026-10-08 last mo. also EUVD-2026-95158

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.1%; EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 3%
public exploits: 0; none known

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Kodezen LLC aBlocks ablocks allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects aBlocks: from n/a through 2.16.0.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last mo. (2026-10-08)

Exploit prediction

0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
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

Kodezen LLC aBlocks

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/ablocks/vulnerability/wordpress-ablocks-plugin-2-15-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vuln
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-40804
NVD CVE-2026-40804

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