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.
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Thu, 22 Oct 2026 09:30:00 +0000

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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.
Title WordPress Core <= 7.0.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-22T05:29:48.488Z

Reserved: 2026-10-21T17:26:07.316Z

Link: CVE-2026-114570

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-22T06:17:14.437

Modified: 2026-10-22T06:17:14.437

Link: CVE-2026-114570

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-22T09:06:11Z

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