CVE-2026-13731

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-07-01. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.2
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

The WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'conversation' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.9 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 AJAX nonce required to authenticate the save request is publicly emitted on every frontend page via wp_localize_script, making it freely obtainable by any anonymous visitor and removing any practical barrier to exploitation.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2(high)
EPSS
15.1%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 1, 2026

Last Modified

July 1, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-13731(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 31× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-07 02:37 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-07 02:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 13:47 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-06 13:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-06 00:55 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-06 00:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-05 12:05 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 12:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-04 23:15 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-04 23:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-04 10:24 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-04 10:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-03 21:33 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-03 21:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-07-03 08:43 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-07-03 08:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-02 19:53 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-02 19:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-02 07:03 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-07-02 07:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-01 18:12 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-01 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-01 05:22 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-01 05:20 UTCNVD updatefirst tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-13731?
CVE-2026-13731 is a high vulnerability published on July 1, 2026. The WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, AI Services plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'conversation' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 8.4.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for…
When was CVE-2026-13731 disclosed?
CVE-2026-13731 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 1, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-13731 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-13731 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 15.1% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-13731?
CVE-2026-13731 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-13731?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-13731, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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