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.
References3
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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4.9
MEDIUM
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 13 · as of 8 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-79
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