{"id":"CVE-2026-121028","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-121028"],"related":[],"title":"Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin: stored XSS through script tags in testimonials","description":"Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in WP Chill Strong Testimonials strong-testimonials allows Code Injection.This issue affects Strong Testimonials: from n/a through 3.3.17.","summary":"The Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin by WP Chill fails to neutralize script-related HTML tags in a web page, allowing code injection. An attacker who can inject content can run JavaScript in visitors' browsers.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.3,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["package","strong-testimonials","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["newer-version","plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check the installed plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or in `wp-content/plugins/strong-testimonials/` header\n- Confirm whether the installed version is `3.3.17` or earlier","fix":"- Strong Testimonials: move to a version later than `3.3.17` (the sources give no exact fixed version)","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-11T12:19:33+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T12:27:10+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-11T12:28:58+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-11T12:28:58+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-11T12:28:58Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Strong Testimonials: move to a version later than `3.3.17` (the sources give no exact fixed version)","reach":"internet","title":"Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin: stored XSS through script tags in testimonials","impact":"medium","summary":"The Strong Testimonials WordPress plugin by WP Chill fails to neutralize script-related HTML tags in a web page, allowing code injection. An attacker who can inject content can run JavaScript in visitors' browsers.","audience":"businesses","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","strong-testimonials"],"confidence":0.6,"fix_status":"unknown","needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"attacker runs scripts in visitors' browsers on the site","analyst_note":"Confirm the fixed version and required privilege level from the NVD entry at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-121028 or the WP Chill changelog.","how_to_check":"- Check the installed plugin version in the WordPress admin under Plugins, or in `wp-content/plugins/strong-testimonials/` header\n- Confirm whether the installed version is `3.3.17` or earlier","plain_action":"","product_name":"","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed","newer-version"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the Strong Testimonials plugin at version 3.3.17 or earlier are affected. The sources do not say which roles can inject the payload, so treat any site with user-submitted or editor-entered testimonial content as relevant.","user_interaction":"unknown","product_ecosystem":"","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"medium"},"cost_usd":0.000747,"input_tokens":4559,"output_tokens":583,"severity_before":"medium"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-121028':14A,17A '-2026':13A,16A '3.3.17':91C 'affect':85C 'allow':43B,81C 'attack':47B 'basic':70C 'browser':57B 'chill':30B,75C 'code':44B,82C 'content':51B 'cve':12A,15A 'fail':31B 'html':37B,64C 'improp':58C 'inject':45B,50B 'injection.this':83C 'issu':84C 'javascript':54B 'n/a':89C 'neutral':33B,59C 'packag':18B 'page':42B,69C 'plugin':4A,27B 'relat':36B,63C 'run':53B 'script':8A,35B,62C 'script-rel':34B,61C 'store':5A 'strong':1A,20B,24B,76C,79C,86C 'strong-testimoni':19B,78C 'tag':9A,38B,65C 'testimoni':2A,11A,21B,25B,77C,80C,87C 'visitor':56B 'vulner':72C 'web':41B,68C 'wordpress':3A,22B,26B 'wp':29B,74C 'xss':6A,71C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Sites running the Strong Testimonials plugin at version 3.3.17 or earlier are affected. The sources do not say which roles can inject the payload, so treat any site with user-submitted or editor-entered testimonial content as relevant.","tier":"C","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"fix_status":"unknown","audience":"businesses","plain_action":null,"pkeys":[],"ptokens":[],"labels":["medium","package","strongtestimonials","wordpress"],"campaign_type":null,"search_a":"'-121028':14A,17A '-2026':13A,16A 'cve':12A,15A 'plugin':4A 'script':8A 'store':5A 'strong':1A 'tag':9A 'testimoni':2A,11A 'wordpress':3A 'xss':6A","search_b":"'allow':43B 'attack':47B 'browser':57B 'chill':30B 'code':44B 'content':51B 'fail':31B 'html':37B 'inject':45B,50B 'javascript':54B 'neutral':33B 'packag':18B 'page':42B 'plugin':27B 'relat':36B 'run':53B 'script':35B 'script-rel':34B 'strong':20B,24B 'strong-testimoni':19B 'tag':38B 'testimoni':21B,25B 'visitor':56B 'web':41B 'wordpress':22B,26B 'wp':29B","search_c":"'3.3.17':91C 'affect':85C 'allow':81C 'basic':70C 'chill':75C 'code':82C 'html':64C 'improp':58C 'injection.this':83C 'issu':84C 'n/a':89C 'neutral':59C 'page':69C 'relat':63C 'script':62C 'script-rel':61C 'strong':76C,79C,86C 'strong-testimoni':78C 'tag':65C 'testimoni':77C,80C,87C 'vulner':72C 'web':68C 'wp':74C 'xss':71C","cause_entry":null,"cause_path":null,"disclosures_checked_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-11-11T12:19:33+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-121028","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-121028","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-11-11T12:19:33+00:00","modified_at":"2026-11-11T12:19:33+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-11T12:27:10+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-11-11T12:27:10+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"disclosures":[],"exploit_sources":[],"notice":"Free to read, with fair use of about 60 pages a minute. For higher limits or API access: sales@infrastack.ai"}