EmbedPress < 4.6.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Instagram Carousel Block Attributes

MITRE NVD CVE.ORG JSON API

Summary

CVECVE-2026-85002
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWPScan
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-27 06:17:10 UTC
Updated2026-09-27 06:17:10 UTC
DescriptionThe EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.7 does not escape one of its block attributes before outputting it inside an HTML attribute, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against higher privileged users viewing the post.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Unknown EmbedPress affected 4.6.7 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
wpscan.com/vulnerability/ad155ea2-c804-4906-956e-e2da8050d0de [email protected] wpscan.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Dthangws (en)

CNA: WPScan (en)

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