What is CVE-2026-11371?

CVE-2026-11371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Betterdocs, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-11371?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

XSS in Betterdocs

CVE-2026-11371

The BetterDocs WordPress plugin before 4.5.5 does not sanitise an AI-generated documentation summary before storing and outputting it, and the feature that generates it is exposed to unauthenticated users, allowing them to store a malicio…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Unknown Betterdocs — versions 4.0.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-11371?: CVE-2026-11371 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Betterdocs, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2026-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-11371?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.