CVE-2026-7640
MediumCVSS 6.4Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs
Summary
The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'type' attribute of the `customer-area-protected-content` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the shortcode attribute.
Risk Assessment
Authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or above can inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page, potentially leading to session theft, redirects, or other malicious actions.
Recommendation
It is recommended to immediately update the WP Customer Area plugin to the latest available version that fixes this vulnerability. Also, restrict user permissions to the minimum necessary.
Other vulnerabilities in WP Customer Area
Original NVD description (English source)
The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'type' attribute of the `customer-area-protected-content` shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 8.3.5. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the shortcode attribute. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.