CVE-2026-1042

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WP Hello Bar plugin for WordPress versions prior to 1.03

Description The software is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This allows authenticated attackers with administrator-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts. These scripts will execute when a user accesses an injected page. The vulnerable parameters are digit one and digit two.

Recommendations Update to version 1.03 or later.