Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-97266 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-97266 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-97266?
- Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 30 September 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- StellarWP Virtue/Ascend/Pinnacle Toolkit through 4.9.12.1.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-97266?
- A patch was published on 2026-09-30: Version 4.9.12.2 released Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2026-97266 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-97266?
- Check whether you run StellarWP Virtue/Ascend/Pinnacle Toolkit at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The Virtue/Ascend/Pinnacle Toolkit plugin through version 4.9.12.1 contains a stored or reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows authenticated users with contributor privileges to inject arbitrary JavaScript code. Exploitation requires user interaction from a privileged user and results in execution of attacker-controlled scripts in the context of victim browsers. A patch is available in version 4.9.12.2.
Affected products
- StellarWP Virtue/Ascend/Pinnacle Toolkit through 4.9.12.1
Timeline
- 2026-09-30: disclosed: Published by Patchstack
- 2026-09-30: patched: Version 4.9.12.2 released