01 Record
CVE-2026-96840
Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks <= 5.1.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via display_name User Field
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Wordfence
CNA base score7.2 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
02 Description
Post Grid Gutenberg Blocks <= 5.1.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via display_name User Field
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 14.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-13.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-10 06:40Z19 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-11 12:23Z18 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-23
- Assigning CNA
- Wordfence
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- bf773f25996c3e912377a0ef69645859b158624de0b8ff236bf48bc1b4996996
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.wordfence.comhttps://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/39472e87-174c-4abf-bc83-fed0939440af?source=cve
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.41/addons/builder/blocks/Archive_Title.php#L144
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ultimate-post/tags/5.0.41/addons/builder/blocks/Archive_Title.php#L98
- wordpress.orghttps://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-post/
- plugins.trac.wordpress.orghttps://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3727209/ultimate-post/trunk/addons/builder/blocks/Archive_Title.php