CVE-2026-85001

EmbedPress 4.4.9 - 4.6.6 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Elementor Widget showTitle Attribute

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.

Affected

EmbedPress

CVSS v3.1 CNA

6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 14th percentile

Published

2026-09-30

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/889be882-342b-4331-89c5-9eebe90d3704/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry