CVE-2026-114570
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 3.1
- 4.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 13% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)
- CWE
- CWE-79
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced