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CVE-2026-3878: WP Docs <= 2.2.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'wpdocs_options[icon_size]'

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-04-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Docs plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'wpdocs_options[icon_size]' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.2.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

Affected products

• Fahad Mahmood WP Docs: through 2.2.9

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3481830/wp-docs
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/e11ecf13-0b3b-4148-abca-677652a68c24?source=cve

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