Makesweat WordPress Plugin Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability

Vulnerability

A stored cross-site scripting vulnerability has been identified in the Makesweat plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 0.1. The issue arises from inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, allowing authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary scripts. These scripts are executed when users access the compromised pages.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability allows for stored cross-site scripting, where injected scripts are executed in the context of the user viewing the page.

Added: Jan 14, 2026, 6:42 AM
Updated: Jan 14, 2026, 6:42 AM

Vulnerability Rating

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spread
0.0
impact
1.7
exploitability
5.2
remediation
0.0
relevance
2.0
threat
3.2
urgency
2.9
incentive
0.0

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