User Extra Fields <= 16.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

7.2
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
CVE CVE-2025-67991
CVSS 7.2 (High)
Publicly Published February 9, 2026
Last Updated February 16, 2026
Researcher Phat RiO

Description

The User Extra Fields plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to, and including, 16.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

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Vulnerability Details for WordPress User Extra Fields

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug wp-user-extra-fields
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 16.9, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • <= 16.8
Patched Version
  • 16.9

Recent vulnerabilities in WordPress User Extra Fields

# Title CVE ID CVSS Researchers Date
1 User Extra Fields <= 17.0 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion CVE-2025-69377 8.1 Phat RiO February 5, 2026
2 User Extra Fields <= 17.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion CVE-2025-69376 9.8 Phat RiO February 5, 2026
3 User Extra Fields <= 16.8 - Missing Authorization CVE-2025-67579 5.3 Phat RiO December 15, 2025
4 WordPress User Extra Fields <= 16.7 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion via save_fields Function CVE-2025-7846 8.8 Tonn October 30, 2025
5 WordPress User Extra Fields <= 16.6 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation CVE-2024-10800 8.8 Tonn November 12, 2024
6 WordPress User Extra Fields <= 16.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion CVE-2024-11150 9.8 Chloe Chamberland November 12, 2024
7 WordPress User Extra Fields <= 16.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVE-2024-10801 9.8 Tonn November 8, 2024

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