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This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the browser of an authenticated victim (Subscriber-level or higher) who is tricked into submitting a crafted POST request to a page that contains the Shoutbox widget.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00389,"percentile":0.33246,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-79"],"published":"2026-08-05T04:25:26Z","modified":"2026-08-12T21:00:37Z","products":[{"vendor":"antoineh","product":"football pool"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5d17538-30ff-423c-bd61-d85a3f5aba74?source=cve"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L142"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L142"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L84"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L84"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L127"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L127"},{"url":"https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3538628/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8790"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jq74-qc6v-q6x5"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-8790","title":"Football Pool \u003c= 2.13.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting","description":"The Football Pool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `shouttext` POST parameter of the Shoutbox widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. When a shoutbox form submission fails the nonce check (or `shouttext` is empty, or the user is unable to save), the raw POST value is echoed back into a `\u003ctextarea\u003e` element using `printf('%s', ...)` with no HTML escaping. 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When a shoutbox form submission fails the nonce check (or `shouttext` is empty, or the user is unable to save), the raw POST value is echoed back into a `\u003ctextarea\u003e` element using `printf('%s', ...)` with no HTML escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the browser of an authenticated victim (Subscriber-level or higher) who is tricked into submitting a crafted POST request to a page that contains the Shoutbox widget.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-05T04:25:26Z","modified":"2026-08-05T16:19:40Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:02:09.87889Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-jq74-qc6v-q6x5","title":"The Football Pool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ...","description":"The Football Pool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `shouttext` POST parameter of the Shoutbox widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. When a shoutbox form submission fails the nonce check (or `shouttext` is empty, or the user is unable to save), the raw POST value is echoed back into a `\u003ctextarea\u003e` element using `printf('%s', ...)` with no HTML escaping. 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When a shoutbox form submission fails the nonce check (or `shouttext` is empty, or the user is unable to save), the raw POST value is echoed back into a `\u003ctextarea\u003e` element using `printf('%s', ...)` with no HTML escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the browser of an authenticated victim (Subscriber-level or higher) who is tricked into submitting a crafted POST request to a page that contains the Shoutbox widget.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-05T06:16:40.81Z","modified":"2026-08-12T21:00:37.147Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":6.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-79"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:34.643497Z"}]}}