CVE-2026-85415

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.86.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-30. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 6.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cisa-adp, epss, ghsa
Trending — 5 sources updated this week
6.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 6.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

The Audio Player Block WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not validate the scheme of a user-supplied URL before using it as a link target, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store malicious JavaScript that executes in the session of any user who later triggers the link (such as an administrator or editor reviewing the post).

CVSS v3
6.8
EG Score
6.8MEDIUMhigh confidence
EG Risk
31
EG Risk 31/100CISA SSVC

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
Severity68% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
13th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 30, 2026

Last Modified

September 30, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 30, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. No patch confirmed yet.
generic🟡 PoC Available

Audio Player Block 1.1.0 – 1.6.2 – Contributor+ Stored XSS via Audio Download URL | CVE 2026-85415 | Plugin Vulnerabilities

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/3ca9c087-311b-4c55-8871-fba318f654b3/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-85415(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 21× in last 7d / 21× 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. 2026-10-04 10:11 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-04 10:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-03 11:48 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-10-03 11:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-10-02 13:26 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-02 13:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-01 19:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-10-01 15:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-30 16:41 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-30 16:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-30 14:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-30 13:43 UTCEG score recompute▲ 6.80
  16. 2026-09-30 13:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-30 13:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 6.8 · severity → MEDIUM
  18. 2026-09-30 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-30 06:33 UTCNVD update
  20. 2026-09-30 06:15 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-30 06:14 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-85415?
CVE-2026-85415 is a medium vulnerability published on September 30, 2026. The Audio Player Block WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not validate the scheme of a user-supplied URL before using it as a link target, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store malicious JavaScript that executes in the session of any user who later triggers the link (such as…
When was CVE-2026-85415 disclosed?
CVE-2026-85415 was first published on September 30, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-85415 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-85415 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (13th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-85415?
CVE-2026-85415 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.8 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-85415?
No fix for CVE-2026-85415 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-85415 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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