๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-102772

HIGH 7.2

CMB2 <= 2.13.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'textarea_code' Field

CVSS Score
7.2
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The CMB2 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '<textarea_code field id> (e.g. kl_code, kl_post_code)' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The front-end save path requires only a CMB2 box nonce, which is emitted to all visitors including unauthenticated guests via a simple GET request, making the attack trivially reachable without any credentials on sites that expose a public CMB2 form writing a textarea_code field.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor jtsternberg
Product cmb2
Published Oct 2, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

jtsternberg / CMB2
0 โ‰ค 2.13.1

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/338d824c-e99a-48c2-8844-4ca1104b5143?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.1/includes/CMB2_Field_Display.php#L288 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.1/includes/CMB2_Sanitize.php#L464 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.1/includes/helper-functions.php#L320 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/cmb2/tags/2.13.1/includes/CMB2_Hookup.php#L900 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3720258%40cmb2&new=3720258%40cmb2

Credits

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