CVE-2026-2280
Stored XSS in rexCrawler WordPress Plugin
Publication date: 2026-05-27
Last updated on: 2026-05-27
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| rexcrawler | rexcrawler | to 1.0.15 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The rexCrawler plugin for WordPress has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in all versions up to and including 1.0.15. This vulnerability arises because the plugin does not properly sanitize input or escape output in the admin settings.
Authenticated users with administrator-level permissions or higher can exploit this flaw to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute whenever any user accesses the injected page.
This vulnerability specifically affects multi-site WordPress installations or installations where the unfiltered_html setting is disabled.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow attackers with admin privileges to inject malicious scripts that execute in the context of other users visiting the affected pages.
Such script execution can lead to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions depending on the injected script.
Because the vulnerability requires administrator-level access, it primarily impacts environments where such access might be compromised or misused.