GHSA-v6pr-7m68-qg32MediumCVSS 4.9
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit in all versions up to,...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 due to insufficient escaping of user display names. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a higher privileged user accesses the affected administrative screens. This issue only affects sites with a large number of users.
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-114570
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/63061
- https://wordpress.org/news/2026/08/wordpress-7-0-3-release
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92babbbf-74bd-474f-9057-c5022a7d64c7?source=cve
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6pr-7m68-qg32