The Easy Updates Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'paged' parameter in versions up to, and including, 9.0.20 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the pagination() function. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

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 0.00036.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
davidanderson Easy Updates Manager unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected ≤ 9.0.20

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/tags/9.0.20/includes/MPSUM_List_Table.php#L800 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/tags/9.0.20/includes/MPSUM_Plugins_List_Table.php#L55 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/trunk/includes/MPSUM_List_Table.php#L800 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/trunk/includes/MPSUM_Plugins_List_Table.php#L55 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3531188/stops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/trunk/includes/MPSUM_List_Table.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fstops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/tags/9.0.20&new_path=%2Fstops-core-theme-and-plugin-updates/tags/9.0.21 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/bbbd989c-4d69-45c9-bcb9-44f9ab98b969?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 28 May 2026 12:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 28 May 2026 07:30:00 +0000

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Description The Easy Updates Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'paged' parameter in versions up to, and including, 9.0.20 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the pagination() function. This makes it possible for attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page granted they can trick an administrator into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Title Easy Updates Manager <= 9.0.20 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'paged' Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-28T10:33:53.918Z

Reserved: 2026-05-01T19:28:13.961Z

Link: CVE-2026-7660

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Updated: 2026-05-28T10:33:48.615Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-05-28T08:16:37.240

Modified: 2026-05-28T13:45:25.260

Link: CVE-2026-7660

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Updated: 2026-05-28T08:30:12Z

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