---
id: "CVE-2026-116551"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-116551"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-116551"]
title: "WP Customer Area WordPress plugin: stored script injection via display name"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "wordpress", "wp-customer-area"]
not_affected_if: ["no-subscriber-accounts", "plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-11-06T12:17:17+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-06T12:41:48+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-06T12:42:48+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116551", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-06T12:41:48+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# WP Customer Area WordPress plugin: stored script injection via display name

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-116551 (this .md is for agents)

The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress does not sanitize the 'display_name' field, so text entered there is saved and later shown to other users without escaping. An attacker with a subscriber account can plant JavaScript that runs in the browser of anyone who opens an affected page.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- Check the installed WP Customer Area plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or in `wp-content/plugins/`
- Treat any version up to and including `8.4.0` as affected

## Timeline

- 2026-11-06T12:41:48+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-116551

## From the sources

The WP Customer Area plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.0 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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