High 7.1Published Sep 18, 2026

CVE-2026-93485WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 11:10 UTC)

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Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress wordpress allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 7.1.

CVSS: 7.1 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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: Patchstack
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Oct 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Automattic WordPress automattic:wordpress (from the name)	7.1; from 7.0 through 7.0.4; fixed at 7.0.5; from 6.9 through 6.9.7; fixed at 6.9.8; from 6.8 through 6.8.8; fixed at 6.8.9; from 6.7 through 6.7.7; fixed at 6.7.8; from 6.6 through 6.6.7; fixed at 6.6.8; from 6.5 through 6.5.10; fixed at 6.5.11; from 6.4 through 6.4.10; fixed at 6.4.11; and 17 more ranges	CNA record

References

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/wordpress/wordpress/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-wordpress-7-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cvevdb-entry

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