WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities
FAQ Builder AYS 1.6.3 - 1.8.4 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via ays_get_user_information
Description
The plugin does not sanitize or escape content submitted by unauthenticated visitors before storing it and outputting it in an admin area page, and the escaping it does apply is undone by a subsequent decoding step, leading to Stored XSS which will execute in the context of a logged in administrator.
Proof of Concept
Affects Plugins
References
CVE
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Pablo González Pérez, Francisco José Ramírez Vicente and Iñigo Sánchez Enciso
Submitter
Pablo González Pérez, Francisco José Ramírez Vicente and Iñigo Sánchez Enciso
Submitter website
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-08-31 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-31 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-09-01 (about 8 hours ago)