CVE-2026-114570CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-114570

Medium · published October 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
4.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
7.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 due to insufficient escaping of user display names. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a higher privileged user accesses the affected administrative screens. This issue only affects sites with a large number of users.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.9 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00180 · 7.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-10-22T10:17Z
References (3)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/63061 · [email protected]https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-3-release/ · [email protected]https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92babbbf-74bd-474f-9057-c5022a7d64c7?source=cve · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 OCT 03:55Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 22 OCT 05:29Z
    WordPress Core <= 7.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit
    cvelistv5
  • 22 OCT 05:29Z
    WordPress Core <= 7.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit
    cvelistv5