CVE-2026-8991

MEDIUMPre-NVD 4.44.4
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 4.4 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-06-06. a secondary CVSS source baseline 4.4; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
4.4
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 4.4Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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

The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'drag_n_drop_text' and 'drag_n_drop_browse_text' Settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CVSS v3
4.4
EG Score
4.4(high)
EPSS
11.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 6, 2026

Last Modified

June 8, 2026

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-8991(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 19× in last 7d / 84× 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 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  4. 2026-07-05 18:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-07-05 18:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  10. 2026-07-03 22:55 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-07-03 22:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  13. 2026-07-02 21:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-01 19:37 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-07-01 19:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-01 15:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-30 18:01 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-30 18:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-29 08:24 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-29 08:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-28 02:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-27 01:03 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-06-27 01:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-06-25 23:02 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-06-25 23:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-06-25 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-24 21:25 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-06-24 21:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-06-24 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-23 21:33 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-23 17:17 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-06-23 17:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  16. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-21 11:08 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-06-21 11:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-20 08:16 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-06-20 08:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-06-19 19:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-18 23:40 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-06-18 23:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-06-18 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
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  28. 2026-06-17 21:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  31. 2026-06-16 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-06-16 17:53 UTCEPSS rescore
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  34. 2026-06-15 18:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-06-15 17:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  37. 2026-06-14 23:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-14 16:12 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-06-14 16:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-13 14:36 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-06-13 14:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-06-12 23:12 UTCEPSS rescore
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  45. 2026-06-12 12:59 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-06-12 12:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-11 11:23 UTCEG score recompute
  49. 2026-06-11 11:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-06-10 22:19 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-10 09:47 UTCEG score recompute
  53. 2026-06-10 09:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  55. 2026-06-09 08:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-06-08 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-08 06:36 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-06-08 06:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-06-07 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-06-07 05:00 UTCEG score recompute
  61. 2026-06-07 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-06-06 03:24 UTCEG score recompute

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-8991?
CVE-2026-8991 is a medium vulnerability published on June 6, 2026. The Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for Contact Form 7 plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'dragndroptext' and 'dragndropbrowse_text' Settings in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.9.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it…
When was CVE-2026-8991 disclosed?
CVE-2026-8991 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 6, 2026, with the most recent update on June 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-8991 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-8991 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 11.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-8991?
CVE-2026-8991 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.4 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-8991?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-8991, 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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