CVE-2026-96895CWE-79cross-site-scripting

CVE-2026-96895

Medium · published September 27, 2026

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

The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.31 does not escape some attributes of YouTube embed blocks before outputting them in an HTML attribute when rendering the block, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.

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/15978f11-a7bd-41f0-94bf-069be4d03987/ · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 28 SEP 03:30Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 27 SEP 06:00Z
    WP YouTube Lyte < 1.7.31 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Embed Block Attributes
    cvelistv5