What is CVE-2026-81742?

CVE-2026-81742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Be Rest Endpoints, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-12.

How severe is CVE-2026-81742?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

XSS in Be Rest Endpoints

CVE-2026-81742

The BE REST Endpoints WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not perform any authorization check before allowing widgets to be read, created, updated and deleted, and does not sanitize the values it stores in them, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts which will execute in the browser of any user visiting the site.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Unknown Be Rest Endpoints

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-81742?: CVE-2026-81742 is a high-severity vulnerability in Be Rest Endpoints, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-09-12.
How severe is CVE-2026-81742?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.