CVE-2026-114570: CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') in WordPress Foundation WordPress

Medium

VulnerabilityCVE-2026-114570cve cve-2026-114570 cwe-79

Published: 10/22/2026 (10/22/2026, 05:29:48 UTC)

Source: CVE Database V5

Vendor/Project: WordPress Foundation

Product: WordPress

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.

CVSS v3.1

Score 4.9medium

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected software

WordPress Foundation

WordPress

Affected versions

>=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

Weaknesses

CWE-79Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Technical Details

Data Version: 5.2
Assigner Short Name: Wordfence
Date Reserved: 2026-10-21T17:26:07.316Z
Cvss Version: 3.1
State: PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6ad9a31e4d27ba8daa30c484

Added to database: 10/22/2026, 05:46:06 UTC

Last updated: 10/22/2026, 05:46:06 UTC

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