Jetpack <= 7.9 — Stored Cross-Site Scripting
5287cf42-6d0a-4fd2-943d-e8e44fc08576Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: <7.9.1Update to 5.1.1 or 5.2.2 or 5.3.1 or 5.4.1 or 5.5.2 or 5.6.2 or 5.7.2 or 5.8.1 or 5.9.1 or 6.0.1 or 6.1.2 or 6.2.2 or 6.3.4 or 6.4.3 or 6.5.1 or 6.6.2 or 6.7.1 or 6.8.2 or 6.9.1 or 7.0.2 or 7.1.2 or 7.2.2 or 7.3.2 or 7.4.2 or 7.5.4 or 7.6.1 or 7.7.3 or 7.8.1 or 7.9.1 or newer
Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium6.4
- CVSS
- 6.4CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:CScope- Changed
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:LIntegrity- Low
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
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Am I affected?
Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics jetpack
- Affected< 7.9.1
- Patched in5.1.1 / 5.2.2 / 5.3.1 / 5.4.1 / 5.5.2 / 5.6.2 / 5.7.2 / 5.8.1 / 5.9.1 / 6.0.1 / 6.1.2 / 6.2.2 / 6.3.4 / 6.4.3 / 6.5.1 / 6.6.2 / 6.7.1 / 6.8.2 / 6.9.1 / 7.0.2 / 7.1.2 / 7.2.2 / 7.3.2 / 7.4.2 / 7.5.4 / 7.6.1 / 7.7.3 / 7.8.1 / 7.9.1
Update to 5.1.1 / 5.2.2 / 5.3.1 / 5.4.1 / 5.5.2 / 5.6.2 / 5.7.2 / 5.8.1 / 5.9.1 / 6.0.1 / 6.1.2 / 6.2.2 / 6.3.4 / 6.4.3 / 6.5.1 / 6.6.2 / 6.7.1 / 6.8.2 / 6.9.1 / 7.0.2 / 7.1.2 / 7.2.2 / 7.3.2 / 7.4.2 / 7.5.4 / 7.6.1 / 7.7.3 / 7.8.1 / 7.9.1 or newer.
You are affected if you run < 7.9.1. Version 5.1.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.1, 5.4.1, 5.5.2, 5.6.2, 5.7.2, 5.8.1, 5.9.1, 6.0.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.2, 6.3.4, 6.4.3, 6.5.1, 6.6.2, 6.7.1, 6.8.2, 6.9.1, 7.0.2, 7.1.2, 7.2.2, 7.3.2, 7.4.2, 7.5.4, 7.6.1, 7.7.3, 7.8.1, 7.9.1 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 5.1.1, 5.2.2, 5.3.1, 5.4.1, 5.5.2, 5.6.2, 5.7.2, 5.8.1, 5.9.1, 6.0.1, 6.1.2, 6.2.2, 6.3.4, 6.4.3, 6.5.1, 6.6.2, 6.7.1, 6.8.2, 6.9.1, 7.0.2, 7.1.2, 7.2.2, 7.3.2, 7.4.2, 7.5.4, 7.6.1, 7.7.3, 7.8.1, 7.9.1
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Adham Sadaqah.
The Jetpack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via a shortcode in versions up to, and including, 7.9. This makes it possible for medium-level authenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in administrative pages and posts that execute whenever a user accesses the page with the stored web scripts.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 6.4
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.