CVE-2026-85002CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-85002

Medium · published September 27, 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 escape one of its block attributes before outputting it inside an HTML attribute, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against higher privileged users viewing the post.

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
2026-09-27T10:17Z
References (1)
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad155ea2-c804-4906-956e-e2da8050d0de/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 SEP 03:29Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 27 SEP 06:00Z
    EmbedPress < 4.6.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Instagram Carousel Block Attributes
    cvelistv5