Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2026-121862

Knowledge Building < 0.7.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via knbu_new_reply AJAX Action

publishedCWE-79

The Knowledge Building WordPress plugin before 0.7.3 does not sanitise and escape comments submitted through its reply feature, and publishes them without moderation, allowing unauthenticated users to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against any visitor of the affected posts, including administrators.

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2026-11-11Source updated 2026-11-11
Collected2026-11-111 attributed source

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Knowledge Building
Unknown
≥ 0; < 0.7.3 (affected, semver)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: WPScan

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

References

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