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Vulnerabilities

CVE-2026-8626

Medium
CWE-79 — Weakness Type
Published: May 20, 2026  ·  Modified: May 23, 2026  ·  Source: NVD
CVSS v3
6.1
🔗 NVD Official
📄 Description (English)

The SponsorMe plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via PHP_SELF Parameter in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. The PHP_SELF value is reflected in two separate locations within the vulnerable function — a form action attribute and an anchor href attribute — both of which can be exploited by appending a crafted payload to the wp-admin/admin.php URL path.

🤖 AI Executive Summary

The SponsorMe WordPress plugin versions up to 0.5.2 contains a reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the PHP_SELF parameter due to insufficient input sanitization. Unauthenticated attackers can inject malicious scripts that execute when users click on crafted links, affecting both form actions and anchor href attributes.

📄 Description (Arabic)

ثغرة XSS المنعكسة في إضافة SponsorMe تسمح بحقن برامج نصية ضارة عبر معامل PHP_SELF في مسار wp-admin/admin.php. تؤثر الثغرة على موقعين منفصلين - سمة إجراء النموذج وسمة href الرابط - مما يسمح بتنفيذ الكود الضار عند نقر المستخدم على رابط مصنوع بعناية.

🤖 ملخص تنفيذي (AI)

ثغرة XSS المنعكسة في إضافة SponsorMe لـ WordPress تصل إلى الإصدار 0.5.2 تسمح للمهاجمين بحقن برامج نصية ضارة عبر معامل PHP_SELF. يمكن استغلال الثغرة من خلال روابط مصنوعة بعناية دون الحاجة إلى مصادقة.

🤖 AI Intelligence Analysis Analyzed: May 23, 2026 02:00
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia Impact Assessment
Saudi Relevance: high
🏢 Affected Saudi Sectors
government banking telecom
🎯 MITRE ATT&CK Techniques
⚖️ Saudi Risk Score (AI)
6.0
/ 10.0
🔧 Remediation Steps (English)
Update the SponsorMe plugin to version 0.5.3 or later immediately. Implement proper input sanitization using WordPress sanitization functions (sanitize_text_field, sanitize_url) and output escaping with esc_attr() for HTML attributes and esc_url() for URLs. Disable the vulnerable plugin if updates are unavailable.
🔧 خطوات المعالجة (العربية)
قم بتحديث إضافة SponsorMe إلى الإصدار 0.5.3 أو أحدث فوراً. طبق تنظيف المدخلات الصحيح باستخدام دوال WordPress (sanitize_text_field, sanitize_url) والهروب من المخرجات باستخدام esc_attr() و esc_url(). عطل الإضافة إذا لم تتوفر تحديثات.
📋 Regulatory Compliance Mapping
🟢 NCA ECC 2024
A.7.1.1 A.7.1.2 A.12.6.1
🔵 SAMA CSF
ID.RA-1 PR.DS-1 PR.IP-1
🟡 ISO 27001:2022
A.14.2.1 A.14.2.5
📊 CVSS Score
6.1
/ 10.0 — Medium
📊 CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack VectorN — None / Network
Attack ComplexityL — Low / Local
Privileges RequiredN — None / Network
User InteractionR — Required
ScopeC — Changed
ConfidentialityL — Low / Local
IntegrityL — Low / Local
AvailabilityN — None / Network
📋 Quick Facts
Severity Medium
CVSS Score6.1
CWECWE-79
EPSS0.09%
Exploit No
Patch ✗ No
Published 2026-05-20
Source Feed nvd
🇸🇦 Saudi Risk Score
6.0
/ 10.0 — Saudi Risk
Priority: MEDIUM
🏷️ Tags
CWE-79
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