WordPress Core 7.1 — 7.1.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Pending Comments
4a3e3e6e-9c17-4ac5-9f83-1e01365436e9Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: 7.1.0 – 7.1.2Update to 7.1.3 or newer
All remediation stepsOn this page3
Overview
- Advisory ID
- 4a3e3e6e-9c17-4ac5-9f83-1e01365436e9
- Product
- WordPress wordpress
- Affected
- 7.1.0 – 7.1.2
- Fixed in
- 7.1.3
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- No account needed
- Published
- · updated
- Credit
- Thomas Chauchefoin
- Affected7.1.0 – 7.1.2
- Patched in7.1.3
Update to 7.1.3 or newer.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:NPrivileges required- None
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via pending comments in versions 7.1 through 7.1.2 due to unsafe jQuery handling of attacker-controlled contextual-help tab links. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts into the Comments administration page that execute when a logged-in user with access to that page clicks the injected link. Approval of the comment is not required.
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Remediation & mitigations
- Update to version 7.1.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
References & provenance
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.4 | Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-text-sec', 'data-title', and 'title' Attributes via Custom HTML Block | CVE-2026-18742 | |
| High7.1 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion via 'comment_content'/'comment_agent' Parameter during Attachment Rename Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization≤4.2.19Update to 4.2.20VulnCrest analysis | CVE-2026-124969 | |
| Critical9.8 | Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset / Account Takeover via Webhook with 'Is the user ID' Field | CVE-2026-126173 | |
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 |
- Medium6.4Authenticated (Contributor+) DOM-Based Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'data-text-sec', 'data-title', and 'title' Attributes via Custom HTML Block
Flatsome
≤3.20.12Update to 3.20.13
- High7.1VulnCrest analysisUnauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Arbitrary File Deletion via 'comment_content'/'comment_agent' Parameter during Attachment Rename
Optimole – Optimize Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | CDN & Lazy Load | Image Optimization
≤4.2.19Update to 4.2.20
- Critical9.8Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Arbitrary User Password Reset / Account Takeover via Webhook with 'Is the user ID' Field
AutomatorWP Webhooks
≤1.4.4Update to 1.4.5
- High7.2Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header
EZ SQL Reports Shortcode Widget and DB Backup
≤5.25.25Update to 5.26.45
Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 7.2
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.