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

• 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: 2026-04-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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.

Affected products

• stiofansisland UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP: through 1.2.60

References

• 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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