CVE-2026-8790 json
Football Pool <= 2.13.4 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
published 2026-08-05 3 mo ago modified 2026-08-12 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-53040
- cvss
- 6.1
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Football Pool plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `shouttext` POST parameter of the Shoutbox widget in all versions up to, and including, 2.13.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. When a shoutbox form submission fails the nonce check (or `shouttext` is empty, or the user is unable to save), the raw POST value is echoed back into a `<textarea>` element using `printf('%s', ...)` with no HTML escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the browser of an authenticated victim (Subscriber-level or higher) who is tricked into submitting a crafted POST request to a page that contains the Shoutbox widget.
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 3 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N |
Affected products
- antoineh Football Pool
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation
- Technology feeds
References
- wordfence.com /threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/c5d17538-30ff-423c-bd61-d85a3f5aba74?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L142
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L142
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L84
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L84
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L127
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /browser/football-pool/tags/2.13.4/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php#L127
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org /changeset/3538628/football-pool/trunk/widgets/widget-football-pool-shoutbox.php
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-8790
- NVD CVE-2026-8790
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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.