CVE-2026-85002EmbedPress < 4.6.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Instagram Carousel Block Attributes
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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.
- CVSS
- 6.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-79
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- WPScan
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Sep 28, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown EmbedPress unknown:embedpress (from the name) | before 4.6.7 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad155ea2-c804-4906-956e-e2da8050d0de/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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