CVE-2026-1451
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe rognone plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'a' parameter in versions up to, and including, 0.6.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceThe rognone WordPress plugin versions 0.6.2 and below contain a reflected XSS vulnerability in the 'a' parameter. The plugin fails to properly sanitize and escape user input before outputting it in HTML, allowing unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through crafted URLs.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the rognone plugin installationCheck the WordPress plugins directory (wp-content/plugins/) for a folder named 'rognone' or check via WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed PluginsAffected if The rognone plugin folder exists in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed versionOpen the main plugin file (usually rognone.php) and locate the Version header in the plugin comment block, or check the version listed in the WordPress plugins admin pageAffected if The version is 0.6.2 or any lower version number
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Verify the plugin is activeIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and confirm rognone shows as 'Active', or query the wp_options table for option_name='active_plugins'Affected if The plugin is activated on the WordPress site
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Confirm vulnerable parameter handling existsExamine the main plugin PHP file for code that handles the 'a' GET/POST parameter (look for $_GET['a'] or $_REQUEST['a']) and check if it is output without sanitization (search for 'echo' or 'print' statements using this parameter)Affected if The plugin code processes the 'a' parameter and echoes it without htmlspecialchars() or equivalent escaping
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Test for XSS reflection (optional manual check)If you have a staging environment, submit a harmless test payload via the 'a' parameter (e.g., ?a=<script>alert(1)</script>) and verify whether the raw script tags appear in the response page sourceAffected if The injected script tags are reflected verbatim in the HTML output
You are affected if the rognone plugin is installed, active, and version 0.6.2 or below, with the vulnerable 'a' parameter handling code present in the plugin files.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to version 0.6.3 or later which includes proper input sanitization and output escaping for the affected parameter.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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