What is CVE-2026-107790?

CVE-2026-107790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hirezoot, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2026-107790?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Hirezoot

CVE-2026-107790

The HireZoot WordPress plugin before 4.1.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its stored data before outputting it in the admin dashboard, and additionally reverses the HTML-entity encoding that would otherwise neutralise it, allowing users with the Author role to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the context of a logged-in administrator.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-21 · last modified 2026-10-21.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

Hirezoot

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/4bec1d97-9ab1-4ce7-b108-dcc2a0d9a934/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-107790?: CVE-2026-107790 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Hirezoot, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2026-107790?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.