CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-4267

HighCVSS 7.2
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.30%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Query Monitor plugin for WordPress up to version 3.20.3 is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) via the $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] parameter due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when a victim clicks a link.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can steal session cookies, redirect the user to malicious sites, or perform other actions in the context of the victim's session.

Recommendation

Update the Query Monitor plugin to version 3.20.4 or later.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Query Monitor – The developer tools panel for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 3.20.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS