CVE-2026-93485WordPress Core <= 7.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 0.76%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 44% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress wordpress allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 7.1.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- WordPress Core < 7.1.1 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Comment (Comment2Shell) (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-93485.yamlSeverity high
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By Patchstack
Published
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| PatchstackCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.76% · top 44% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
- affected 7.1
- affected 7.0 – ≤ 7.0.4
- affected 6.9 – ≤ 6.9.7
- affected 6.8 – ≤ 6.8.8
- affected 6.7 – ≤ 6.7.7
- affected 6.6 – ≤ 6.6.7
- affected 6.5 – ≤ 6.5.10
- affected 6.4 – ≤ 6.4.10
- affected 6.3 – ≤ 6.3.10
- affected 6.2 – ≤ 6.2.11
- affected 6.1 – ≤ 6.1.12
- affected 6.0 – ≤ 6.0.14
- affected 5.9 – ≤ 5.9.16
- affected 5.8 – ≤ 5.8.15
- affected 5.7 – ≤ 5.7.17
- affected 5.6 – ≤ 5.6.19
- affected 5.5 – ≤ 5.5.20
- affected 5.4 – ≤ 5.4.21
- affected 5.3 – ≤ 5.3.23
- affected 5.2 – ≤ 5.2.26
- affected 5.1 – ≤ 5.1.24
- affected 5.0 – ≤ 5.0.27
- affected 4.9 – ≤ 4.9.31
- affected 4.8 – ≤ 4.8.30
- affected 4.7 – ≤ 4.7.35
What to do
Solution: Update the WordPress WordPress wordpress to the latest available version (at least 7.1.1).
References
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-82657 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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