CVE-2026-120479 PUBLISHED

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

Assigner: Wordfence
Reserved: 02.11.2026 Published: 07.11.2026 Updated: 07.11.2026

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 '&'. 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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.4

Product Status

Vendor peterschulznl
Product WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 5.5.90 (incl.)

Credits

  • Afifudin Maarif finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation CWE