# CVE-2026-121862: Knowledge Building < 0.7.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via knbu_new_reply AJAX Action

Status: published. Published: 2026-11-11. Updated: 2026-11-11.

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.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / Knowledge Building: ≥ 0; < 0.7.3 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: Not available

- SSVC: Not available

- Weaknesses: CWE-79

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2656cb05-7d95-4e82-acb4-ee62a31715f8/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2656cb05-7d95-4e82-acb4-ee62a31715f8/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-121862; retrieved 2026-11-11; source updated 2026-11-11

Revision: 70c3a64b6250f162514ec42038b8939389c4e3233b37dbbc2870eeb2f8e567f4

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-121862

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- OpenAPI: https://y2.dev/api/openapi.yaml. Agent access metadata: https://y2.dev/cve/agent.json.

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