PT-2026-36961 · WordPress · Blog Settings

Published 2026-05-05 · Updated 2026-05-21 · CVE-2026-6704

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Blog Settings plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.1

Description Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts. This occurs via the page parameter, enabling scripts to execute if a user is tricked into clicking a malicious link. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting is a technique where a script is reflected off a web application to the victim's browser.

Recommendations Update the plugin to a version later than 1.0. As a temporary workaround, restrict or sanitize the use of the page parameter.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-6704

Affected Products

Blog Settings

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6704 · Security Note
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d28e5374-dd34-4745-a20b-059e9846d96d?source=cve · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/StopBadBots/comments/1td9gea/critical_warning_these_14_wordpress_plugins · Reddit Post
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/blog-settings · Note
• https://reddit.com/r/StopBadBots/comments/1tjv1es/critical_warning_62_plugins_2_themes_11_still · Reddit Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2051593082705985935 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/52703 · Telegram Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog-settings/tags/1.0/blog-settings.php#L173 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEarity/status/2051603873169801401 · Twitter Post
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/blog-settings/tags/1.0/blog-settings.php#L46 · Note