🛡️ CVE-2026-48093

🟡 CVSS 6.5 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 NVD
6.5
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

The Code Embed WordPress plugin prior to version 2.6.1 is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through the external URL embed feature in post content. The vulnerable code scans rendered content for URL embed tokens, fetches the remote URL, and inserts the remote response body into the page without output sanitization or an unfiltered_html capability check. This allows a Contributor attacker to submit a pending post containing an inert-looking URL token that executes attacker-controlled JavaScript when an Administrator or Editor previews or reviews the post. This is distinct from CVE-2026-2512, which affected custom field meta values up to version 2.5.1. This vector affects version 2.6 and uses the documented external URL embed feature in post content. This particular issue is patched in version 2.6.1.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-48093 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2026-48093 is recorded against 1 package.

  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2026 and last revised on 10 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-07
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-10
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
unknown

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