WordPress Vulnerabilities
WP 5.9 - 7.1.3 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Comments Pagination Previous Block
Description
WordPress does not escape a block attribute in a comments pagination block in some cases, which could allow users with contributor-level access and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against site visitors. This also affects the Gutenberg plugin.
Affects WordPress
Affects Plugins
References
Classification
Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
CWE
CVSS
Miscellaneous
Original Researcher
Alex Concha
Verified
Yes
WPVDB ID
Timeline
Publicly Published
2026-10-29 (about 1 day ago)
Added
2026-10-29 (about 17 hours ago)
Last Updated
2026-10-29 (about 17 hours ago)