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CVE-2026-114570: WordPress · Cross-site Scripting

Affects WordPressSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.9 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 13% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 22 Oct 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
WordPress FoundationWordPressAffected
  • >=4.7.0 <=4.7.33
  • >=4.8.0 <=4.8.28
  • >=4.9.0 <=4.9.29
  • >=5.0.0 <=5.0.25
  • >=5.1.0 <=5.1.22
  • >=5.2.0 <=5.2.24
  • >=5.3.0 <=5.3.21
  • >=5.4.0 <=5.4.19
  • >=5.5.0 <=5.5.18
  • >=5.6.0 <=5.6.17
  • >=5.7.0 <=5.7.15
  • >=5.8.0 <=5.8.13
  • >=5.9.0 <=5.9.13
  • >=6.0.0 <=6.0.12
  • >=6.1.0 <=6.1.10
  • >=6.2.0 <=6.2.9
  • >=6.3.0 <=6.3.8
  • >=6.4.0 <=6.4.8
  • >=6.5.0 <=6.5.8
  • >=6.6.0 <=6.6.5
  • >=6.7.0 <=6.7.5
  • >=6.8.0 <=6.8.6
  • >=6.9.0 <=6.9.5
  • >=7.0.0 <=7.0.2
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

No explicit patch or remediation link is provided in the data. Until a fix is applied, restrict Contributor-level access to trusted users and monitor administrative user activity. Consider applying custom input sanitization or escaping for user display names if possible.

Description

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.

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