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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

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No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

No EPSS score available.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
WordPress Foundation WordPress unaffected
Version Status Constraints
4.7.0 affected ≤ 4.7.33
4.8.0 affected ≤ 4.8.28
4.9.0 affected ≤ 4.9.29
5.0.0 affected ≤ 5.0.25
5.1.0 affected ≤ 5.1.22
5.2.0 affected ≤ 5.2.24
5.3.0 affected ≤ 5.3.21
5.4.0 affected ≤ 5.4.19
5.5.0 affected ≤ 5.5.18
5.6.0 affected ≤ 5.6.17
5.7.0 affected ≤ 5.7.15
5.8.0 affected ≤ 5.8.13
5.9.0 affected ≤ 5.9.13
6.0.0 affected ≤ 6.0.12
6.1.0 affected ≤ 6.1.10
6.2.0 affected ≤ 6.2.9
6.3.0 affected ≤ 6.3.8
6.4.0 affected ≤ 6.4.8
6.5.0 affected ≤ 6.5.8
6.6.0 affected ≤ 6.6.5
6.7.0 affected ≤ 6.7.5
6.8.0 affected ≤ 6.8.6
6.9.0 affected ≤ 6.9.5
7.0.0 affected ≤ 7.0.2

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References
Link Providers
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/63061 cve-icon
https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-3-release/ cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92babbbf-74bd-474f-9057-c5022a7d64c7?source=cve cve-icon
History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 05:45:00 +0000

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Description 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.
Title WordPress Core <= 7.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T05:29:48.488Z

Reserved: 2026-10-21T17:26:07.316Z

Link: CVE-2026-114570

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