CVE-2026-101928 magicplugins CVE debrief

Who should care

Defenders responsible for WordPress installations with the Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin should assess exposure and prioritize verification and remediation. This includes reviewing the plugin version, ensuring proper input sanitization and output escaping, and monitoring for potential exploitation attempts.

Why it matters

The Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts. Defenders should prioritize verification and remediation to prevent potential exploitation.

• Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary web scripts in pages
• Injected scripts execute when a user accesses an injected page
• Defenders must verify and update the Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin to a fixed version
• Input sanitization and output escaping must be properly configured

Technical summary

The Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'author' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.34 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The plugin's esc_html filter callback decodes HTML-entity-encoded payloads back into live HTML, allowing attackers to inject scripts.

Defensive priority

Defenders should prioritize verifying and updating the Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin to a fixed version, if available, and ensure proper input sanitization and output escaping.

Recommended defensive actions

• Verify and update the Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin to a fixed version, if available
• Ensure proper input sanitization and output escaping for the 'author' parameter
• Monitor for potential exploitation attempts
• Review compensating controls for exposed systems while remediation is scheduled and verified
• Check relevant monitoring, detection, and logs for exposed assets that need extra review
• Track exceptions, retest remediated assets, and close the item only after evidence is documented
• Confirm whether affected product deployments exist in managed environments and assign an owner for follow-up

Evidence notes

The CVE record and NVD vulnerability detail page provide information on the vulnerability, including its description, CVSS score, and affected versions. The Magic Tooltips For Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'author' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.0.34. The plugin's esc_html filter callback decodes HTML-entity-encoded payloads back into live HTML. Defenders should verify the plugin version and ensure proper input sanitization and output escaping.

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Methodology and review provenance

AI-assisted synthesis based on stored public vulnerability evidence. System validation, approval state, and publication status do not by themselves establish human review of this revision. PatchSiren helps prioritize defensive review and does not prove exposure or remediation on any system.