Perfmatters <= 2.6.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

6.1
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2026-56047
CVSS 6.1 (Medium)
Publicly Published June 25, 2026
Last Updated June 29, 2026
Researcher dutafi

Description

The Perfmatters plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 2.6.3 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.

Learn more about Cross-Site Scripting vulnerabilities and how to prevent them.

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Vulnerability Details for Perfmatters

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug perfmatters
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.6.4, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 2.6.3
Patched Version
  • 2.6.4

Recent vulnerabilities in Perfmatters

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 Perfmatters <= 2.6.4 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read via 's' Parameter CVE-2026-13251 7.5 daroo July 1, 2026
2 Perfmatters <= 2.6.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2026-57671 7.2 daroo June 30, 2026
3 Perfmatters <= 2.5.9 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Overwrite via 'snippets' Parameter CVE-2026-4351 8.1 h0xilo April 9, 2026
4 Perfmatters <= 2.5.9.1 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via 'delete' Parameter CVE-2026-4350 8.1 h0xilo April 2, 2026
5 Perfmatters < 2.2.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-47877 6.4 Dave Jong November 21, 2023
6 Perfmatters <= 2.1.6 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting CVE-2023-47876 6.1 Dave Jong November 21, 2023
7 Perfmatters <= 2.1.6 - Cross-Site Request Forgery CVE-2023-47875 4.3 Dave Jong November 21, 2023
8 Perfmatters <= 2.1.6 - Missing Authorization CVE-2023-47874 5.3 Dave Jong November 20, 2023

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