CVE-2026-85001CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-85001

Medium · published September 30, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
13.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.7 does not sanitise and escape one of its Elementor widget settings before outputting it into an HTML attribute, which could allow users with the Contributor role or above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when the affected content is viewed.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.8 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00235 · 13.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Published
2026-09-30T10:17Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/889be882-342b-4331-89c5-9eebe90d3704/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 OCT 03:49Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 30 SEP 06:00Z
    EmbedPress 4.4.9 - 4.6.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Elementor Widget showTitle Attribute
    cvelistv5