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Description

The Mandatory Field plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-01-20 | Published 2026-03-21 | Updated 2026-04-08 | Assigner Wordfence




MEDIUM: 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Problem types

CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version
affected

Timeline

2026-03-20:Disclosed

Credits

Bhumividh Treloges finder

References

www.wordfence.com/...-420a-4f52-90e0-e4a2e28402a1?source=cve

downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mandatory-fields.1.6.8.zip

wordpress.org/plugins/mandatory-fields/

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ndatory-plugin-option-page.php

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/...ndatory-plugin-option-page.php

cve.org (CVE-2026-1278)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-1278)

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