CVE-2026-87761

Status: DeferredHigh (8)—
Severity8High · CVSS 3.1
Exploitation probability0.28 %higher than 19% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found

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.

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

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