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WordPress Core <= 7.0.2 — Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit

CVE-2026-114570Published Aug 8, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: ≤7.0.2Update to 4.7.34 or 4.8.29 or 4.9.30 or 5.0.26 or 5.1.23 or 5.2.25 or 5.3.22 or 5.4.20 or 5.5.19 or 5.6.18 or 5.7.16 or 5.8.14 or 5.9.14 or 6.0.13 or 6.1.11 or 6.2.10 or 6.3.9 or 6.4.9 or 6.5.9 or 6.6.6 or 6.7.6 or 6.8.7 or 6.9.6 or 7.0.3 or newer

Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.

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Medium4.9CVSS 3.14.9CISA KEVNot listedAccessLow-privilege account (e.g. subscriber)

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Overview

Advisory ID: CVE-2026-114570
Product: WordPress wordpress
Affected: ≤7.0.2
Fixed in: 4.7.34, 4.8.29, 4.9.30, 5.0.26, 5.1.23, 5.2.25, 5.3.22, 5.4.20, 5.5.19, 5.6.18, 5.7.16, 5.8.14, 5.9.14, 6.0.13, 6.1.11, 6.2.10, 6.3.9, 6.4.9, 6.5.9, 6.6.6, 6.7.6, 6.8.7, 6.9.6, 7.0.3
Weakness: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting
Required access: Low-privilege account (e.g. subscriber)
Published: Aug 8, 2026 · updated Nov 13, 2026
Credit: moochi, mappymappy
Source: Wordfence Intelligence

Affected≤ 7.0.2
Patched in4.7.34 / 4.8.29 / 4.9.30 / 5.0.26 / 5.1.23 / 5.2.25 / 5.3.22 / 5.4.20 / 5.5.19 / 5.6.18 / 5.7.16 / 5.8.14 / 5.9.14 / 6.0.13 / 6.1.11 / 6.2.10 / 6.3.9 / 6.4.9 / 6.5.9 / 6.6.6 / 6.7.6 / 6.8.7 / 6.9.6 / 7.0.3

4.9

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:H Attack complexity: High
PR:L Privileges required: Low
UI:N User interaction: None
S:C Scope: Changed
C:L Confidentiality: Low
I:L Integrity: Low
A:N Availability: None

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.

Not sure which version you run? Run a passive check — it reads public files only.

Remediation & mitigations

Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 4.7.34, 4.8.29, 4.9.30, 5.0.26, 5.1.23, 5.2.25, 5.3.22, 5.4.20, 5.5.19, 5.6.18, 5.7.16, 5.8.14, 5.9.14, 6.0.13, 6.1.11, 6.2.10, 6.3.9, 6.4.9, 6.5.9, 6.6.6, 6.7.6, 6.8.7, 6.9.6, 7.0.3
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

Timeline

Aug 8, 2026
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.9
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Wordfence record

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVE® identifiers: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. Used under the CVE Program. CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation.
CVSS / CWE: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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