Description
The HT Menu WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 does not perform any capability or object-ownership check when saving navigation menu-item settings, and does not escape those stored settings when the menu is rendered, allowing users with minimal permissions such as Subscribers to store JavaScript that executes in the browser of any visitor, administrators included, who views the affected menu.
Published: 2026-09-05
Score: 8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Sun, 06 Sep 2026 11:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sat, 05 Sep 2026 08:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Sat, 05 Sep 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The HT Menu WordPress plugin before 1.2.7 does not perform any capability or object-ownership check when saving navigation menu-item settings, and does not escape those stored settings when the menu is rendered, allowing users with minimal permissions such as Subscribers to store JavaScript that executes in the browser of any visitor, administrators included, who views the affected menu.
Title HT Menu < 1.2.7 - Subscriber+ Stored XSS via Menu Settings
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-06T10:24:17.501Z

Reserved: 2026-09-02T16:26:47.150Z

Link: CVE-2026-84935

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-06T10:23:47.066Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-05T07:17:14.783

Modified: 2026-09-06T11:18:05.827

Link: CVE-2026-84935

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-06T12:45:06Z

Weaknesses