CVE-2026-85002 PUBLISHED

EmbedPress < 4.6.7 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Instagram Carousel Block Attributes

Assigner: WPScan
Reserved: 02.09.2026 Published: 27.09.2026 Updated: 27.09.2026

The EmbedPress WordPress plugin before 4.6.7 does not escape one of its block attributes before outputting it inside an HTML attribute, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against higher privileged users viewing the post.

Product Status

Vendor Unknown
Product EmbedPress
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 4.6.7 (excl.)

Credits

  • Dthangws finder
  • WPScan coordinator

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) CWE