CVE-2026-97396

Email Marketing for WordPress and WooCommerce <= 1.0.10 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data' Parameter to /updateOptions REST Endpoint

6.4 Medium

The Email Marketing for WordPress and WooCommerce – Retainful plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'data' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.10 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

0.19%Unchanged since Oct 10, 2026

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 6.4

Email Marketing for WordPress and WooCommerce <= 1.0.10 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data' Parameter to /updateOptions REST Endpoint

Record: CVE-2026-97396
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2026-96280 6.4

Record: EUVD-2026-96280
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-cxvw-p5qh-8cw3 6.4

The Email Marketing for WordPress and WooCommerce – Retainful plugin for WordPress is vulnerable...

Record: GHSA-cxvw-p5qh-8cw3
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

NVD 6.4

Record: CVE-2026-97396
CVSS 3.1: 6.4 MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness: CWE-79
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

retainful email marketing for wordpress and woocommerce – retainful

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2026-97396 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Retainful Email Marketing For Wordpress And Woocommerce – Retainful, published October 10, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.19%, the 9th percentile. No source names a fixed version.