Executive brief
AutomatorWP is a WordPress plugin used to automate tasks between different WordPress plugins and services. A security vulnerability in versions 5.6.7 and earlier allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into the website. This could lead to visitors being redirected to malicious sites, the theft of session cookies, or the display of unauthorized advertisements, potentially damaging the site's reputation and compromising user data.
Technical details
AutomatorWP is vulnerable to unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in versions up to and including 5.6.7. The vulnerability stems from improper neutralization of user-supplied input during web page generation (CWE-79). Because the flaw is unauthenticated and requires no user interaction (UI:N) with a changed scope (S:C), a remote attacker can inject arbitrary JavaScript or HTML payloads that execute in the context of other users' browsers. This can be used to hijack administrative sessions or deface pages. The issue is resolved in version 5.6.8.
Affected products
- AutomatorWP AutomatorWP <= 5.6.7
Timeline
- 2026-03-06: other: Vulnerability reported by researcher Nguyen Ba Khanh
- 2026-04-29: patched: Patch released in version 5.6.8 and advisory published by Patchstack
- 2026-06-15: disclosed: CVE published to NVD