---
id: CVE-2026-120479
title: >-
  WP Data Access <= 5.5.90 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site
  Scripting via TEXT-family Column Value in Front-end Data Project Form
summary: >-
  The WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps
  plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Data
  Projects front-end simple form in versions up to, and including, 5.5.90 This
  is …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-79
vendor: peterschulznl
product: 'WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps'
affected:
  - wp_data_access_app_builder_for_tables_forms_dashboards_charts_maps <= 5.5.90
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-07T18:01:24.679654Z'
published: '2026-11-07'
updated: '2026-11-07'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-07T18:06:05.530Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-120479'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/980387d1-dd16-405d-8af2-fb7fb8b926db?source=cve
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/WPDataAccess/Simple_Form/WPDA_Simple_Form_Item_Textarea.php#L22
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/WPDataAccess/Simple_Form/WPDA_Simple_Form_Item.php#L478
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/WPDataAccess/Simple_Form/WPDA_Simple_Form.php#L518
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/WPDataAccess/Simple_Form/WPDA_Simple_Form_Data.php#L158
  - url: >-
      https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.90/public/class-wp-data-access-public.php#L441
  - url: 'https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-data-access/tags/5.5.91'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00201
epssPercentile: 0.10047
ingestedAt: '2026-11-07T07:12:31.879Z'
---

## Overview

The WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the Data Projects front-end simple form in versions up to, and including, 5.5.90 This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on the value of TEXT/TINYTEXT/MEDIUMTEXT/LONGTEXT columns rendered by the WPDA_Simple_Form_Item_Textarea::show_item() method, which emits the stored column value directly inside a <textarea> element after only replacing '&' with '&amp;'. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

## Affected

- `wp_data_access_app_builder_for_tables_forms_dashboards_charts_maps <= 5.5.90`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.