Medium 6.4Published Feb 27, 2026

CVE-2026-2362WP Accessibility <= 2.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via 'alt' Attribute

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 9:00 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

The WP Accessibility plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the 'alt' attribute of images processed by the "Long Description UI" feature in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.1. This is due to the plugin's JavaScript retrieving the alt attribute using getAttribute() and unsafely concatenating it into innerHTML and insertAdjacentHTML calls without proper sanitization or escaping. 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. Exploitation requires the "Long Description UI" setting to be enabled and set to "Link to description."

CVSS: 6.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Apr 8, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

joedolson WP Accessibility joedolson:wp_accessibility (from the name)	through 2.3.1	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/b08284ad-717f-4bdb-8eaa-f44e9447ff25?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/trunk/js/wp-accessibility.js#L713
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/trunk/js/wp-accessibility.js#L807
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/tags/2.3.1/js/wp-accessibility.js#L713
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-accessibility/tags/2.3.1/js/wp-accessibility.js#L807
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3464593%40wp-accessibility%2Ftrunk&old=3446333%40wp-accessibility%2Ftrunk&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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