# CVE-2026-93485: WordPress Core \<= 7.1 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-09-18 · Updated: 2026-10-17

## Affected

- wordpress: from 7.0, through 7.0.4; from 6.9, through 6.9.7; from 6.8, through 6.8.8; from 6.7, through 6.7.7; from 6.6, through 6.6.7; from 6.5, through 6.5.10; from 6.4, through 6.4.10; from 6.3, through 6.3.10; from 6.2, through 6.2.11; from 6.1, through 6.1.12; from 6.0, through 6.0.14; from 5.9, through 5.9.16; from 5.8, through 5.8.15; from 5.7, through 5.7.17; from 5.6, through 5.6.19; from 5.5, through 5.5.20; from 5.4, through 5.4.21; from 5.3, through 5.3.23; from 5.2, through 5.2.26; from 5.1, through 5.1.24; from 5.0, through 5.0.27; from 4.9, through 4.9.31; from 4.8, through 4.8.30; from 4.7, through 4.7.35

## Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Automattic WordPress wordpress allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 7.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WordPress, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/wordpress/wordpress/vulnerability/wordpress-wordpress-wordpress-7-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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