What is CVE-2026-85415?

CVE-2026-85415 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Audio Player Block, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-09-30.

How severe is CVE-2026-85415?

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

XSS in Audio Player Block

CVE-2026-85415

The Audio Player Block WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not validate the scheme of a user-supplied URL before using it as a link target, allowing users with the Contributor role and above to store malicious JavaScript that executes in the session of any user who later triggers the link (such as an administrator or editor reviewing the post).

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

Audio Player Block

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/3ca9c087-311b-4c55-8871-fba318f654b3/ (technical-description, exploit, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-85415?: CVE-2026-85415 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Audio Player Block, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.8/10. Published 2026-09-30.
How severe is CVE-2026-85415?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.8 out of 10.