CVE-2026-9577 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Post Status Notifier Lite WordPress plugin before 1.13.0 does not properly escape the `mod` URL parameter before reflecting it into the admin settings page (`admin.php?page=post-status-notifier-lite`), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that fires in the administrator's session when they are tricked into following a crafted URL.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00208.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b316e14a-4260-43c4-996c-345c7f9f7d74/

History

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-79

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The Post Status Notifier Lite WordPress plugin before 1.13.0 does not properly escape the `mod` URL parameter before reflecting it into the admin settings page (`admin.php?page=post-status-notifier-lite`), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that fires in the administrator's session when they are tricked into following a crafted URL.
Title		Post Status Notifier Lite < 1.13.0 - Reflected XSS via mod Parameter
References		https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b316e14a-4260-43c4-996c-345c7f9f7d74/

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-07-23T06:00:03.344Z

Updated: 2026-07-23T14:11:39.035Z

Reserved: 2026-05-26T12:45:31.927Z

Link: CVE-2026-9577

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-23T14:08:41.664Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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