6.8Medium
CVE-2026-85002
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.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an administrator login, but only after tricking someone into an action such as opening a file or a link.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.8 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Assigned by
- contact@wpscan.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-09-27
- Last modified
- 2026-09-28
- Sources
- NVD