The OPEN-BRAIN plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'API Key' settings field in all versions up to, and including, 0.5.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. The plugin uses sanitize_text_field() which strips HTML tags but does not encode double quotes or other HTML-special characters needed for safe attribute context output. The API key value is saved via update_option() and later output into an HTML input element's value attribute without esc_attr() escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access, to inject arbitrary web scripts via attribute breakout payloads (e.g., double quotes followed by event handlers) that execute whenever a user accesses the plugin settings page.
CVE-2026-3995
Score 4.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-16. NVD baseline CVSS 4.4; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.4
- EG Score
- 4.4(medium)
- EG Risk
- 20(Track)EG Risk 20/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity44% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 28%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 16, 2026
Last Modified
April 22, 2026
References (9)
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/open-brain/tags/0.5.0/index.php#L128
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/open-brain/tags/0.5.0/index.php#L252
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/open-brain/tags/0.5.0/index.php#L253
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/open-brain/tags/0.5.0/index.php#L272
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/open-brain/trunk/index.php#L128
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/open-brain/trunk/index.php#L252
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/open-brain/trunk/index.php#L253
- security@wordfencehttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/open-brain/trunk/index.php#L272
- security@wordfencehttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/3fe3fa95-cc1d-469b-8a97-37987b9ae362?source=cve
Weakness Classification(1)
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