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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-114570

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 due to insufficient escaping of user display names.

Published Oct 22, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 22, 2026 · Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Last checked Nov 3, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-114570. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium4.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.22%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
stated named in the record

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 due to insufficient escaping of user display names. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a higher privileged user accesses the affected administrative screens. This issue only affects sites with a large number of users.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • stated named in the record<= 7.0.2

How to fix CVE-2026-114570

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-114570. EPSS is 0.22%. Act only if a listed version of Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with named in the record <= 7.0.2. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). EPSS 0.22%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 due to insufficient escaping of user display names. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a higher privileged user accesses the affected administrative screen

  2. Oct 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 due to insufficient escaping of user display names. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a higher privileged user accesses the affected administrative screen

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-114570

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-114570

    30-day exploitation probability 0.22%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-114570

    WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Quick Edit in all versions up to, and including, 7.0.2 due to insufficient escaping of user display names. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitr

    nvd.nist.gov
  • Red Hat Security DataVendor advisoryCVE-2026-114570

    wordpress: WordPress: Stored Cross-Site Scripting via unescaped display names in Quick Edit

    access.redhat.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 3, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 3, 2026
  • Red Hat Security DataOct 23, 2026
  • NIST NVDOct 22, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 22, 2026