Is Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin safe to use?

Laskyr does not give safety verdicts. No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (2.6.0). As of 2026-11-04. 7 issues are on record for older versions; version 2.5.0 or newer fixes all of them that state a fix. Keep Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin on the latest version (2.6.0) and remove it if you do not use it.

Which versions of Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin are vulnerable?

Known issues on record (newest first): Cross-site scripting (XSS) (2.4.14 and older, fixed in 2.5.0); Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) (2.4.7 and older, fixed in 2.4.8); Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (2.4.3 and older, fixed in 2.4.4); Cross-site scripting (XSS) (older than 1.8.30, fixed in 1.8.30); Authentication bypass (1.8.24 and older, fixed in 1.8.25); Content injection (1.8.24 and older, fixed in 1.8.25). The full list with sources is on this page.

What is the latest version of Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin?

2.6.0, according to wordpress.org (last updated 2026-10-13). It has 30,000+ active installs.

What should I do if my Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin is out of date?

Take a backup, then update it from Dashboard > Updates (or run wp plugin update ultimate-faqs). If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can. If you think the site was already attacked, run a free scan at https://laskyr.com/scan.

Plugins · ultimate-faqs · data as of 2026-11-04

Is Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

Latest version: 2.6.0
Last updated: 2026-10-13
Active installs: 30,000+
Known issues on record: 7
Unpatched in latest: 0
Tested up to WP: 7.1.4 · PHP 7.4+

Full-featured FAQ and accordion plugin with advanced search, simple UI and easy-to-use FAQ blocks and shortcodes. — by Rustaurius

What to do

Update to the latest version (2.6.0). Anything older than 2.5.0 has at least one known issue listed below. Dashboard → Updates, or Plugins → “update now”.
If you cannot update right away, deactivate it until you can.
Turn on auto-updates for it: Plugins → “Enable auto-updates” on its row.
If you ran a vulnerable version and something looks off (spam pages, strange admins, redirects), run the free scan.

With WP-CLI: wp plugin get ultimate-faqs --field=version shows what you run; wp plugin update ultimate-faqs updates it.

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Known vulnerabilities

7 on record, newest first. “Affected” is the version range the source gives; “fixed in” is the version the source names, or (marked *) the first wordpress.org release after the last affected version.

medium 6.5 CVE-2026-94391 · published 2026-09-23

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (2.4.14 and older)

Affected: 2.4.14 and older
Fixed in: 2.5.0
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber); someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ <= 2.4.14 versions.

NVD CVE-2026-94391 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.4 CVE-2026-4336 · published 2026-04-09

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (2.4.7 and older)

Affected: 2.4.7 and older
Fixed in: 2.4.8 *
Access needed (per CVSS): Needs a low-level account (e.g. subscriber)
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Wordfence

Details from the advisory

The Ultimate FAQ Accordion plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via FAQ content in all versions up to, and including, 2.4.7. This is due to the plugin calling html_entity_decode() on post_content during rendering in the set_display_variables() function (View.FAQ.class.php, line 746), which converts HTML entity-encoded payloads back into executable HTML, combined with insufficient output escaping in the faq-answer.php template where the decoded content is echoed without wp_kses_post() or any other sanitization. The ufaq custom post type is registered with 'show_in_rest' => true and defaults to 'post' capability_type, allowing Author-level users to create and publish FAQs via the REST API. An Author can submit entity-encoded malicious HTML (e.g., <img src=x onerror=alert()>) which bypasses WordPress's kses sanitization at save time (since kses sees entities as plain text, not tags), but is then decoded back into executable HTML by html_entity_decode() at render time. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in FAQ pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected FAQ, either directly or via the [ultimate-faqs] shortcode.

NVD CVE-2026-4336 Wordfence advisory Code change (fix)Plugin source

medium 4.3 CVE-2025-67590 · published 2025-12-09

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (2.4.3 and older)

Affected: 2.4.3 and older
Fixed in: 2.4.4
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: CVE record (the advisory publisher) · score by Patchstack

Details from the advisory

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Rustaurius Ultimate FAQ ultimate-faqs allows Cross Site Request Forgery.This issue affects Ultimate FAQ: from n/a through <= 2.4.3.

NVD CVE-2025-67590 Patchstack advisory

medium 6.1 CVE-2020-7107 · published 2020-01-16

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (older than 1.8.30)

Affected: older than 1.8.30
Fixed in: 1.8.30
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The Ultimate FAQ plugin before 1.8.30 for WordPress allows XSS via Display_FAQ to Shortcodes/DisplayFAQs.php.

NVD CVE-2020-7107 Code change (fix)wordpress.org wpvulndb.com

high 7.5 CVE-2019-17232 · published 2019-10-07

Authentication bypass in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (1.8.24 and older)

Affected: 1.8.24 and older
Fixed in: 1.8.25 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed
Range from: advisory text · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Functions/EWD_UFAQ_Import.php in the ultimate-faqs plugin through 1.8.24 for WordPress allows unauthenticated options import.

NVD CVE-2019-17232 wordpress.org blog.nintechnet.com wpvulndb.com

medium 6.1 CVE-2019-17233 · published 2019-10-07

Content injection in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (1.8.24 and older)

Affected: 1.8.24 and older
Fixed in: 1.8.25 *
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

Functions/EWD_UFAQ_Import.php in the ultimate-faqs plugin through 1.8.24 for WordPress allows HTML content injection.

NVD CVE-2019-17233 wordpress.org blog.nintechnet.com wpvulndb.com

medium 6.1 CVE-2019-15643 · published 2019-08-27

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (older than 1.8.22)

Affected: older than 1.8.22
Fixed in: 1.8.22
Access needed (per CVSS): No login needed; someone on the site has to click a link or open a page
Range from: advisory text · score by NVD

Details from the advisory

The ultimate-faqs plugin before 1.8.22 for WordPress has XSS.

NVD CVE-2019-15643 wordpress.org wpvulndb.com

Recent activity

2026-10-13 — latest release on wordpress.org (2.6.0).
2026-09-23 — Cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-94391), fixed in 2.5.0.
2026-04-09 — Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) disclosed (CVE-2026-4336), fixed in 2.4.8.
2025-12-09 — Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) disclosed (CVE-2025-67590), fixed in 2.4.4.

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Types found in this plugin: Cross-site scripting (XSS) (4) · Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) (1) · Authentication bypass (1) · Content injection (1)

Where this data comes from

Version, last update, installs: wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-faqs (Plugins API), fetched 2026-11-04.
Vulnerabilities: NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD), checked 2026-11-04. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
Each record links to its CVE page and to the original advisory (Wordfence, Patchstack or WPScan) where there is one. We only list a CVE here when its references or its advisory name this exact plugin, so a few real issues may be missing; none should be about a different plugin. Spot an error? Email Daniel.

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Is Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin safe? Known vulnerabilities and latest version

No known unpatched vulnerabilities in the latest version (2.6.0)

What to do

Check your version

Known vulnerabilities

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (2.4.14 and older)

Stored cross-site scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (2.4.7 and older)

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (2.4.3 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (older than 1.8.30)

Authentication bypass in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (1.8.24 and older)

Content injection in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (1.8.24 and older)

Cross-site scripting (XSS) in Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin (older than 1.8.22)

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