# CVE-2026-9271: KeepInMind - Dashboard Notes <= 0.8.5 - Contributor+ Stored XSS

Status: published. Published: 2026-06-12. Updated: 2026-11-13.

The KeepInMind Dashboard Notes WordPress plugin through 0.8.5 does not properly sanitize note content submitted through its REST API, allowing users with a low-privileged role (such as Contributor, where an administrator has enabled it) to store CSS that redresses the administrator dashboard for credential phishing and denial of service; the fix released in 0.8.4.2 addressed only the editor interface and left the REST write path exploitable.

## Remediation

No remediation reported in collected sources

## Affected products and versions

- Unknown / KeepInMind Dashboard Notes: ≥ 0; ≤ 0.8.5 (affected, semver). Source: CNA: WPScan

## Severity and prioritization

- CVSS 3.1: 6.8 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: CNA: WPScan

- CVSS 3.1: 5.9 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L; source: ADP: CISA-ADP

- CVSS 3.1: 6.8 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H; source: NVD: contact@wpscan.com

- CVSS 3.1: 5.9 (medium); CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L; source: NVD: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

- CISA KEV: No listing in collected sources

- EPSS: 0.71% as of 2026-11-12; percentile 53.91%

- SSVC: exploitation poc; automatable no; technical impact partial; source ADP: CISA-ADP

- Weaknesses: CWE-79

## Exploit evidence

- exploit: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5d549b7-17c8-417d-a86a-a7ae356a6eab/ (CNA: WPScan)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5d549b7-17c8-417d-a86a-a7ae356a6eab/ (CNA: WPScan; exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description)

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b5d549b7-17c8-417d-a86a-a7ae356a6eab/ (contact@wpscan.com)

## Provenance

- CNA: WPScan: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9271; retrieved 2026-11-13; source updated 2026-11-13

- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9271; retrieved 2026-11-13; source updated 2026-11-13

- FIRST EPSS: https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-9271; retrieved 2026-11-13; source updated Not reported

Revision: b2bb7bb7dc692964159b9fbfc9e43dec790b4e150e03aa0c4cda37f32e7a21b5

Canonical: https://y2.dev/cve/CVE-2026-9271

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- Cyber API: https://api.y2.dev/api/v2/cyber/cves and https://api.y2.dev/api/v2/cyber/cves/{cveId}.

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