{"id":"CVE-2026-85002","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-85002","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:58:50.923Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2026-09-27T06:17:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-28T16:38:59.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":6.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00262,"percentile":0.17855,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-09-27","score":0.00152,"percentile":0.03683}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-09-28T04:30:09.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"6.8","severity":"MEDIUM","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 6.8 MEDIUM."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-09-27T06:17:10.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-09-27T06:17:10.067Z"},"summary":"New CVE, medium severity (CVSS 6.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad155ea2-c804-4906-956e-e2da8050d0de/","source":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85002","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}