CVE-2026-2362
WP Accessibility <= 2.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'alt' Attribute
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Wordfence
Description
The WP Accessibility plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'alt' attribute of images processed by the "Long Description UI" feature in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1. This is due to the plugin's JavaScript retrieving the alt attribute using getAttribute() and unsafely concatenating it into innerHTML and insertAdjacentHTML calls without proper sanitization or escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the "Long Description UI" setting to be enabled and set to "Link to description."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordfenceCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | Medium6.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected ≤ 2.3.1
References (6)
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b08284ad-717f-4bdb-8eaa-f44e9447ff25?source=cve (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/trunk/js/wp-accessibility.js#L713 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/trunk/js/wp-accessibility.js#L807 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/tags/2.3.1/js/wp-accessibility.js#L713 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/tags/2.3.1/js/wp-accessibility.js#L807 (opens in a new tab)
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3464593%40wp-accessibility%2Ftrunk&old=3446333%40wp-accessibility%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail= (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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