CVE-2026-85002

6.8 mediumEPSS 0.3%

Medium (6.8). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.8 medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-79
Published: 2026-09-27
Modified: 2026-09-28
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad155ea2-c804-4906-956e-e2da8050d0de/

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