CVE-2026-87761
The Adwised Web Push Notification WordPress plugin through 2.5.7 does not perform any capability or nonce check before allowing an authenticated user to overwrite its site-wide configuration, and does not escape those configuration values before printing them inside an inline script block on every front-end page, allowing any authenticated user, such as a subscriber, to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against every visitor, including administrators.
CVSS
- Base score
- 8
- Version
- 3.1
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.28 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 19
- Score date
- 10/22/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
ATT&CK techniques
How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.
- Exploitation
T1189Drive-by Compromiseinitial access90 % - Primary impact
T1059.007JavaScriptexecution85 % - Secondary impact
T1078.001Default Accountsstealth · persistence · privilege escalation · initial access70 %
CWE-79 Stored XSS en plugin WordPress ejecutado en navegadores (T1189). Autenticado T1078.001 como subscriber puede inyectar JS que afecta a todos los visitantes. Confianza alta por descripción explícita de ejecución de scripts y persistencia.
Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.
ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques
Affected technologies (1)
⚠ AI-inferred from the description — NVD hasn't analyzed this CVE yet, these aren't verified CPEs.
CWEs
- CWE-79
References
Raw JSON (NVD)
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