Description
The HootBoard WordPress plugin through 3.1.4 does not perform any authorisation check on some of its REST endpoints, and does not escape the values stored through them before outputting them in a public page, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the browser of anyone visiting that page, including administrators.
Published: 2026-10-11
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Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The HootBoard WordPress plugin through 3.1.4 does not perform any authorisation check on some of its REST endpoints, and does not escape the values stored through them before outputting them in a public page, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the browser of anyone visiting that page, including administrators.
Title HootBoard <= 3.1.4 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Board Configuration REST Endpoint
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

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Updated: 2026-10-11T06:00:14.856Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T12:17:03.280Z

Link: CVE-2026-86798

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