What is CVE-2026-85001?

CVE-2026-85001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Embedpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2026-85001?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.

XSS in Embedpress

CVE-2026-85001

The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.7 does not sanitise and escape one of its Elementor widget settings before outputting it into an HTML attribute, which could allow users with the Contributor role or above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when the affected content is viewed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2026-09-30 · last modified 2026-09-30.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/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.

Affected products

Embedpress

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/889be882-342b-4331-89c5-9eebe90d3704/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-85001?: CVE-2026-85001 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Embedpress, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2026-85001?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.