CVE-2026-11371 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 malicious payload via prompt injection that executes in the browser of any visitor who views the affected page, including administrators.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00185.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/db41e3db-74c2-4b94-bbff-bd1493295241/

History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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 malicious payload via prompt injection that executes in the browser of any visitor who views the affected page, including administrators.
Title		BetterDocs < 4.5.5 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via AI Doc Summarizer Prompt Injection
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/db41e3db-74c2-4b94-bbff-bd1493295241/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-16T06:00:02.874Z

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:33:27.605Z

Reserved: 2026-06-05T12:01:56.518Z

Link: CVE-2026-11371

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-16T12:33:20.875Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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