CVE-2026-0736
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
14/02/2026
Last modified:
18/02/2026
Description
The Chatbot for WordPress by Collect.chat plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the '_inpost_head_script[synth_header_script]' post meta field in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output 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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
6.40
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/collectchat/tags/2.4.8/collect.php#L282
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/collectchat/tags/2.4.8/collect.php#L388
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/collectchat/trunk/collect.php#L282
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/collectchat/trunk/collect.php#L388
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fb62f4c2-ce9f-4958-8b83-cc0d5f4d4647?source=cve



