---
id: "CVE-2026-96870"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-96870"]
title: "SureDash WordPress plugin: stored XSS via display_name lets subscribers run scripts"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.4
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["package", "self-hosted", "suredash", "wordpress"]
not_affected_if: ["newer-version", "no-public-registration", "plugin-not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-16T08:17:13+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-25T03:59:45+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96870", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00"}]
---

# SureDash WordPress plugin: stored XSS via display_name lets subscribers run scripts

The SureDash WordPress plugin up to and including 1.12.0 does not sanitize the display_name parameter, so a logged-in subscriber can store a script that runs in other users' browsers. The script runs when a user hovers over a comment's like counter on a community page, which lets an attacker act as the victim on the site.

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

## How to check

- Check the installed SureDash version in the WordPress plugins screen or with `wp plugin get suredash --field=version`
- Check whether the site allows subscriber registration, since subscriber-level access is enough to exploit it

## Fix

- Update the SureDash plugin to a version later than `1.12.0`; the exact fixed version is unknown from the sources
- Until patched, restrict or disable new subscriber registration on the site

## Timeline

- 2026-10-23T21:57:12+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96870

## From the sources

The SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'display_name' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.12.0 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. The exploit is triggered when any user hovers over a comment's like counter on a community page, as the plugin's tooltip handler assigns the attacker-controlled data-tooltip-description attribute value directly to innerHTML, re-parsing the browser-decoded entity payload as live HTML.

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