FastBots Plugin up to 1.0.12 on WordPress Setting cross site scripting

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in FastBots Plugin up to 1.0.12 on WordPress. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation results in cross site scripting. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-6800. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in FastBots Plugin up to 1.0.12 on WordPress. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

The FastBots plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.12 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.

The weakness was published by Kazuma Matsumoto. The advisory is shared for download at wordfence.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-6800 since 04/21/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.007.

Upgrading to version 1.0.12 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• FastBots Plugin

Version

• 1.0.0
• 1.0.1
• 1.0.2
• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8
• 1.0.9
• 1.0.10
• 1.0.11
• 1.0.12

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