WordPress Favicon Rotator plugin <= 1.2.11 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

published 2026-06-15 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also EUVD-2026-36817

cvss: 7.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 6%
public exploits: 0; none known

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Favicon Rotator <= 1.2.11 versions.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Archetyped Favicon Rotator 1.2.12

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 4 mo ago (2026-06-16)

Exploit prediction

0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Archetyped Favicon Rotator

Classification

Weakness

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/wordpress/plugin/favicon-rotator/vulnerability/wordpress-favicon-rotator-plugin-1-2-11-cross-site-sc
vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-42649
NVD CVE-2026-42649

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Summary