What is CVE-2026-96768?

CVE-2026-96768 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softaculous Gosmtp Pro, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-10-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-96768?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

XSS in Softaculous Gosmtp Pro

CVE-2026-96768

The GoSMTP Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment Content via Email Log Body in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The exploit is made possible because WordPress comment kses does not strip entity-encoded tag delimiters, allowing the payload to pass moderation as safe text before being decoded into live HTML by core email notification functions and written verbatim into the plugin's email log database table.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-16 · last modified 2026-10-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

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

Softaculous Gosmtp Pro

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-96768?: CVE-2026-96768 is a high-severity vulnerability in Softaculous Gosmtp Pro, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2026-10-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-96768?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.