CVE-2026-86784
Visualizer < 4.0.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via JSON Data Source
The Visualizer WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not sanitise and escape a chart's JSON data source configuration before outputting it back in the chart editor, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store JavaScript that executes in the browser of any higher-privileged user, such as an administrator, who reviews the affected chart.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visualizer < 4.0.8 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via JSON Data Source
The Visualizer WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not sanitise and escape a chart's JSON data source configuration before outputting it back in the chart editor, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store JavaScript that executes in the browser of any higher-privileged user, such as an administrator, who reviews the affected chart.
- Record
CVE-2026-86784- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-80205
The Visualizer WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not sanitise and escape a chart's JSON data source configuration before outputting it back in the chart editor, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store JavaScript that executes in the browser of any higher-privileged user, such as an administrator, who reviews the affected chart.
- Record
EUVD-2026-80205- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-424m-m5rp-gwfv
The Visualizer WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not sanitise and escape a chart's JSON data...
The Visualizer WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not sanitise and escape a chart's JSON data source configuration before outputting it back in the chart editor, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store JavaScript that executes in the browser of any higher-privileged user, such as an administrator, who reviews the affected chart.
- Record
GHSA-424m-m5rp-gwfv- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
The Visualizer WordPress plugin before 4.0.8 does not sanitise and escape a chart's JSON data source configuration before outputting it back in the chart editor, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store JavaScript that executes in the browser of any higher-privileged user, such as an administrator, who reviews the affected chart.
- Record
CVE-2026-86784- CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-86784 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) in Themeisle Visualizer, published September 16, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.43%, the 37th percentile. No source names a fixed version.