What is CVE-2026-7850?

CVE-2026-7850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Magnific Popup, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-06-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-7850?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Wp Magnific Popup

CVE-2026-7850

The WP Magnific Popup WordPress plugin through 1.0 does not properly escape user-controlled link URLs before injecting them into the DOM when displaying image load error messages, allowing authenticated attackers with Author-level access or above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against any visiting user.

Published 2026-06-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-08.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 14th percentile — 13.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Wp Magnific Popup — versions 0

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/30f408dd-4b9a-438c-8dc4-c6daafe237fe/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-7850?: CVE-2026-7850 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wp Magnific Popup, classified under CWE-79 CROSS-SITE SCRIPTING (XSS). CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2026-06-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-7850?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.