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CVE-2019-11871

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-05-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Custom Field Suite plugin before 2.5.15 for WordPress has XSS for editors or admins.

Affected products

• mgibbs189 Custom Field Suite: before 2.5.15 — fixed in 2.5.15

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: mgibbs189 Custom Field Suite 2.5.15. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://blog.reddy.io/2019/05/30/xss-injection-vulnerability-in-custom-field-suite-wordpress-plugin/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-field-suite/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9273
• https://blog.reddy.io/2019/05/30/xss-injection-vulnerability-in-custom-field-suite-wordpress-plugin/
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-field-suite/#developers
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/9273

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