CVE-2026-115957 WordPress WP Discussion Board plugin <= 2.6.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-115957 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-115957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WP Discussion Board, published on 28 Oct 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-115957 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: WP Discussion Board. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-115957/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-115957/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-115957?
CVE-2026-115957 is a medium-severity vulnerability in WP Discussion Board, published on 28 Oct 2026.
Official description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WP Discussion Board WP Discussion Board wp-discussion-board allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Discussion Board: from n/a through 2.6.0.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-115957?
How do I fix CVE-2026-115957?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-115957 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-115957 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-115957 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r5vg-r9rc-7pw3.