Understanding and Defending Against Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attacks in WordPress Plugins
This educational analysis focuses on CVE-2026-110525, a stored XSS vulnerability in the MCB WordPress plugin. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to store malicious JavaScript, which executes in an administrator's browser session when the statistics page is viewed. Understanding the root cause, attack surface, and exploitation mechanics of this vulnerability is crucial for security practitioners and technical learners to develop effective defensive strategies.