The FAQ Builder AYS WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 does not sanitize or escape content submitted by unauthenticated visitors before storing it and outputting it in an admin area page, and the escaping it does apply is undone by a subsequent decoding step, leading to Stored XSS which will execute in the context of a logged in administrator.
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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 08:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Wed, 02 Sep 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Description The FAQ Builder AYS WordPress plugin before 1.8.5 does not sanitize or escape content submitted by unauthenticated visitors before storing it and outputting it in an admin area page, and the escaping it does apply is undone by a subsequent decoding step, leading to Stored XSS which will execute in the context of a logged in administrator.
Title FAQ Builder AYS 1.6.3 - 1.8.4 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via ays_get_user_information
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-02T10:45:54.400Z

Reserved: 2026-08-27T11:45:24.782Z

Link: CVE-2026-81737

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T10:11:09.847Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-02T06:17:19.667

Modified: 2026-09-02T11:17:24.223

Link: CVE-2026-81737

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T13:00:13Z

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