The Post Status Notifier Lite WordPress plugin before 1.13.0 does not properly escape the `mod` URL parameter before reflecting it into the admin settings page (`admin.php?page=post-status-notifier-lite`), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that fires in the administrator's session when they are tricked into following a crafted URL.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00208.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Unknown Post Status Notifier Lite unaffected
Version Status Constraints
0 affected < 1.13.0

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b316e14a-4260-43c4-996c-345c7f9f7d74/ cve-icon
History

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:45:00 +0000

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Description The Post Status Notifier Lite WordPress plugin before 1.13.0 does not properly escape the `mod` URL parameter before reflecting it into the admin settings page (`admin.php?page=post-status-notifier-lite`), leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that fires in the administrator's session when they are tricked into following a crafted URL.
Title Post Status Notifier Lite < 1.13.0 - Reflected XSS via mod Parameter
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-23T14:11:39.035Z

Reserved: 2026-05-26T12:45:31.927Z

Link: CVE-2026-9577

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-23T14:08:41.664Z

cve-icon NVD

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