What is CVE-2026-101162?

CVE-2026-101162 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-10-03.

How severe is CVE-2026-101162?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.

CVE-2026-101162

CVE-2026-101162

The WP Ultimate Review WordPress plugin before 2.4.4 does not escape some of its review overview settings before outputting them in posts, which could allow users with a role as low as author to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks, when author reviews are enabled.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-10-03 · last modified 2026-10-03.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/b7a66222-4e30-4d70-9e2f-b91d421d285f/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-101162?: CVE-2026-101162 is a medium-severity vulnerability, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.4/10. Published 2026-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2026-101162?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.4 out of 10.