CVE-2026-3142
The Pinterest Site Verification plugin using Meta Tag plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_var' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Pinterest Site Verification plugin using Meta Tag plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_var' parameter in versions up to, and including, 1.8 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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.4 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pinterest-site-verification/tags/1.8/PinterestMetaTagSiteVerification.php#L132
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pinterest-site-verification/tags/1.8/PinterestMetaTagSiteVerification.php#L160
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pinterest-site-verification/tags/1.8/PinterestMetaTagSiteVerification.php#L172
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pinterest-site-verification/tags/1.8/PinterestMetaTagSiteVerification.php#L180
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pinterest-site-verification/tags/1.8/PinterestMetaTagSiteVerification.php#L214
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pinterest-site-verification/tags/1.8/PinterestMetaTagSiteVerification.php#L92
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/pinterest-site-verification/trunk/PinterestMetaTagSiteVerification.php#L160
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7ccb7534-b588-4bdd-9627-0e38c0ee5e8a?source=cve
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.