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CVE-2026-120479

MEDIUM 6.4

WP Data Access <= 5.5.90 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via TEXT-family Column Value in Front-end Data Project Form

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Data Projects front-end simple form in versions up to, and including, 5.5.90 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the value of TEXT/TINYTEXT/MEDIUMTEXT/LONGTEXT columns rendered by the WPDA_Simple_Form_Item_Textarea::show_item() method, which emits the stored column value directly inside a <textarea> element after only replacing '&' with '&amp;'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor peterschulznl
Product wp data access – app builder for tables, forms, dashboards, charts & maps
Published Nov 7, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

peterschulznl / WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps
0 ≤ 5.5.90

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/980387d1-dd16-405d-8af2-fb7fb8b926db?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/WPDataAccess/Simple_Form/WPDA_Simple_Form_Item_Textarea.php#L22 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/WPDataAccess/Simple_Form/WPDA_Simple_Form_Item.php#L478 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/WPDataAccess/Simple_Form/WPDA_Simple_Form.php#L518 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/WPDataAccess/Simple_Form/WPDA_Simple_Form_Data.php#L158 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/public/class-wp-data-access-public.php#L441 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.91

Credits

Afifudin Maarif