CVE-2026-56040

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-06-26. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.1
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Gutenverse Form <= 2.4.7 versions.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(high)
EPSS
7.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 26, 2026

Last Modified

June 26, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Jun 26, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WordPress Gutenverse Form Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/gutenverse-form/vulnerability/wordpress-gutenverse-form-plugin-2-4-7-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56040(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 38× in last 7d / 59× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 17:10 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-07-06 17:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 05:41 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-07-06 05:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-05 18:10 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-07-05 18:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-05 06:41 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-05 06:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-05 02:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-04 19:09 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-07-04 19:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-04 07:38 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-07-04 07:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-04 06:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-03 20:05 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-07-03 20:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-03 08:36 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-03 08:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-02 21:05 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-07-02 21:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-07-02 09:36 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-02 09:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-07-01 22:07 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-01 22:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-01 10:36 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-01 10:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-30 23:07 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-06-30 23:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-06-30 11:38 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-06-30 11:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-06-30 00:07 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-06-30 00:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-29 12:37 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-29 12:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-29 01:08 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-06-29 01:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-28 13:38 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-06-28 13:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-28 04:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-28 02:10 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-06-28 02:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-06-27 14:41 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-06-27 14:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-06-27 03:12 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-06-27 03:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-06-26 15:43 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-06-26 15:42 UTCGHSA enrichment

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-56040?
CVE-2026-56040 is a high vulnerability published on June 26, 2026. Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Gutenverse Form <= 2.4.7 versions.
When was CVE-2026-56040 disclosed?
CVE-2026-56040 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 26, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-56040 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-56040 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 7.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-56040?
CVE-2026-56040 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-56040?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-56040, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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