vulnerability

WordPress Plugin: worker: CVE-2026-3718: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N)
Published
May 13, 2026
Added
May 19, 2026
Modified
May 19, 2026

Description

The ManageWP Worker plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'MWP-Key-Name' HTTP request header in all versions up to, and including, 4.9.31. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping of attacker-controlled header values. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever an administrator visits the plugin's connection management page with debug parameters.

Solution

worker-plugin-cve-2026-3718
Title
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