CVE-2026-97077

HIGHPre-NVD 7.17.1—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-30. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

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

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Ad Inserter <= 2.8.18 versions.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
32
EG Risk 32/100CISA 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
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at every mission impact level.
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
9th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at every mission impact level.

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 partial (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
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in WordPress Ad Inserter Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/ad-inserter/vulnerability/wordpress-ad-inserter-plugin-2-8-18-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-97077(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. 2026-10-04 14:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-04 02:21 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-04 02:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 02:28 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 02:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-02 17:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-10-02 14:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-02 02:22 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-02 02:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-10-01 14:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 02:24 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-01 02:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-30 14:18 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-09-30 13:34 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-30 13:20 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-30 12:54 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-09-30 12:52 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-97077?
CVE-2026-97077 is a high vulnerability published on September 30, 2026. Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Ad Inserter <= 2.8.18 versions.
When was CVE-2026-97077 disclosed?
CVE-2026-97077 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-2026-97077 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-97077 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (9th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-97077?
CVE-2026-97077 has a CVSS base score of 7.1 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-97077?
No fix for CVE-2026-97077 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-2026-97077 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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