WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress < 2.17.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Description

The Knowledge Base documentation & wiki plugin – BasePress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.17.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 2.17.0.2

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Muhammad Yudha - DJ
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2025-12-31 (about 5 months ago)
Added
2026-01-05 (about 4 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-01-13 (about 4 months ago)

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