High 7.1Published Mar 25, 2026

CVE-2026-23979WordPress Gyan Elements plugin <= 2.2.1 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 2:50 AM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Softwebmedia Gyan Elements gyan-elements allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Gyan Elements: from n/a through <= 2.2.1.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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: Patchstack
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Apr 28, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Softwebmedia Gyan Elements softwebmedia:gyan_elements (from the name)	through 2.2.1; fixed at 2.2.2	CNA record

References

https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/gyan-elements/vulnerability/wordpress-gyan-elements-plugin-2-2-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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