CVE-2026-5742 | UsersWP <= 1.2.60 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via User Badge Link Substitution

The UsersWP plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 1.2.60. This is due to insufficient input sanitization of user-supplied URL fields and improper output escaping when rendering user profile data in badge widgets. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses a page containing the affected badge widget.

Published: 2026-04-09 Last update: 2026-04-24 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-5742 is rated Low Risk (31.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-5742

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-04-09 0.06%

Full EPSS history (1 record total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-5742

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.4 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.1 2.7 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-5742

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-5742

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2026-5742

URL Tags
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.55/includes/class-forms.php#L1963
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.55/includes/helpers/pages.php#L392-L540
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.55/includes/helpers/pages.php#L522-L527
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/tags/1.2.55/vendor/ayecode/wp-ayecode-ui/includes/components/class-aui-component-button.php#L53
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/trunk/includes/class-forms.php#L1963
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/trunk/includes/helpers/pages.php#L392-L540
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/trunk/includes/helpers/pages.php#L522-L527
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/userswp/trunk/vendor/ayecode/wp-ayecode-ui/includes/components/class-aui-component-button.php#L53
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3501691%40userswp&new=3501691%40userswp&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bdb619c5-967c-4b8c-8a93-bcdb49137d56?source=cve
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