WordPress <= 6.9.1 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Navigation Menu Items

2026-03-10 00:00
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Strategic Overview

Status
Patched in 6.8.4
Affected CoreWordPress 6.9
Affected Version6.8 – 6.9.1 · 2 branches
CVSS4.4Medium
CVEN/A
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Vulnerability Overview

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via admin settings in various versions due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator-level permissions and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. This only affects multi-site installations and installations where unfiltered_html has been disabled.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 6.8.4, 6.9.2 --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')) The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.

External References

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