PT-2026-34271 · WordPress · Institute Management

Ritesh Sahu · Published 2026-04-22 · Updated 2026-04-23 · CVE-2026-2714

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Institute Management plugin for WordPress versions prior to 5.6

Description Stored Cross-Site Scripting occurs via the 'Enquiry Form Title' setting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Authenticated attackers with Administrator-level access and above can inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts execute when a user accesses the affected page. This issue specifically affects multi-site installations and environments where unfiltered html has been disabled.

Recommendations Update the plugin to a version later than 5.5.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-2714

Affected Products

Institute Management

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2714 · Security Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/institute-management/tags/5.5/admin/inc/wl_im_settings.php#L47 · Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/1fd62c3d-2c15-4d1c-9210-4c2aca379fe3?source=cve · Note
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/institute-management/trunk/admin/inc/wl_im_settings.php#L47 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2047428136380649518 · Twitter Post