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CVE-2026-86798: HootBoard <= 3.1.4 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Board Configuration REST Endpoint
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2026-10-11 · updated 2026-10-13
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The HootBoard WordPress plugin through 3.1.4 does not perform any authorisation check on some of its REST endpoints, and does not escape the values stored through them before outputting them in a public page, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the browser of anyone visiting that page, including administrators.
Affected products
- HootBoard: through 3.1.4
References
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