The Pinterest Site Verification plugin using Meta Tag plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_var' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
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Wed, 08 Apr 2026 07:00:00 +0000

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Description The Pinterest Site Verification plugin using Meta Tag plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_var' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title Pinterest Site Verification plugin using Meta Tag <= 1.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_var'
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-08T06:43:39.812Z

Reserved: 2026-02-24T19:11:07.764Z

Link: CVE-2026-3142

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-08T07:16:20.870

Modified: 2026-04-08T07:16:20.870

Link: CVE-2026-3142

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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