CVE-2026-111109
Webmention <= 5.10.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Open Graph og:title Meta Tag
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 6.1 Medium
- Published
- Oct 31, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 1, 2026
- Reserved
- Oct 15, 2026
Description
The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Open Graph og:title meta tag of a webmention source URL in versions up to, and including, 5.10.1. This is due to insufficient input sanitization: Meta::add_properties() maps og:title to the Item::name property, but Item has no concrete set_name() method, so Item::__call() stores the value raw while sibling set_content()/set_summary() paths route through webmention_sanitize_html(); Item::get_content() then falls back to the raw name when content and summary are empty, and Receiver::process() explicitly removes the core wp_filter_kses / wp_filter_post_kses hooks on pre_comment_content before calling wp_new_comment(), so the payload is persisted to comment_content as-is. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, after an administrator approves the resulting pending webmention comment. Successful exploitation additionally requires an action by an administrator — the attacker cannot trigger the vulnerability on their own.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 6.1 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N | Wordfence |
Weaknesses
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Webmentionpfefferle |
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References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0b283d17-b89f-467d-8a79-cdf7b9bfdb65?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.10.1/includes/handler/class-meta.php#L78
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.10.1/includes/entity/class-item.php#L297
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.10.1/includes/class-receiver.php#L453
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.10.1/includes/entity/class-item.php#L125
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.10.1/includes/class-receiver.php#L267
- https://github.com/pfefferle/wordpress-webmention/pull/698
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.10.2/includes/class-receiver.php
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