WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
Football Pool < 2.13.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
Description
The Football Pool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `shouttext` POST parameter of the Shoutbox widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. When a shoutbox form submission fails the nonce check (or `shouttext` is empty, or the user is unable to save), the raw POST value is echoed back into a `<textarea>` element using `printf('%s', ...)` with no HTML escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the browser of an authenticated victim (Subscriber-level or higher) who is tricked into submitting a crafted POST request to a page that contains the Shoutbox widget.
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References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
whitesector
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-04 (about 1 month ago)
Added
2026-08-04 (about 1 month ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-05 (about 1 month ago)