CVE-2026-78290

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-24. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Magazine Blocks <= 1.8.6 versions.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 24, 2026

Last Modified

August 24, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 24, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WordPress Magazine Blocks Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/magazine-blocks/vulnerability/wordpress-magazine-blocks-plugin-1-8-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-78290(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 20× in last 7d / 20× 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. 2026-08-30 01:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-29 16:01 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-29 16:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-28 21:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-28 16:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-27 15:50 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-08-27 15:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-08-27 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-26 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-25 16:18 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-25 16:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-24 16:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-24 13:28 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-24 13:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-24 12:58 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-24 12:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-24 12:21 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-24 11:48 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-24 11:45 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-78290?
CVE-2026-78290 is a medium vulnerability published on August 24, 2026. Contributor Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Magazine Blocks <= 1.8.6 versions.
When was CVE-2026-78290 disclosed?
CVE-2026-78290 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-78290 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-78290 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 97.0% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-78290?
CVE-2026-78290 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-78290?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-78290, 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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