What is CVE-2026-6268?

CVE-2026-6268 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eventpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-27.

How severe is CVE-2026-6268?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

XSS in Eventpress

CVE-2026-6268

The EventPress WordPress theme before 22.2 does not sanitize or escape the 'id' parameter in the eventpress_customizer_notify_dismiss_action AJAX handler before outputting it back in the response, allowing unauthenticated attackers to perf…

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.001 (18.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Unknown Eventpress — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

contact@wpscan.com (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-6268?: CVE-2026-6268 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eventpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-05-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-6268?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.