CVE-2026-86780Featured Image with URL < 1.0.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Image Alt Text
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The Featured Image with URL WordPress plugin before 1.0.6 does not sanitise and escape a stored image attribute value before outputting it, which could allow users with a role as low as Contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of any user viewing the affected post, including higher-privileged users such as Editors and Administrators.
- 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 11, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Unknown Featured Image with URL unknown:featured_image_with_url (from the name) | before 1.0.6 | CNA record |
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7c5795a2-e0bd-41b6-a3a9-d80ff66799d6/exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
The CVE record on cve.org NVD's entry
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