MEDIUMpublic-safe

CVE-2026-13701

NVD: The Advanced Excerpt WordPress plugin before 4.5 does not sanitise and escape one of its settings before outputting it on the front end of the site, which could allow administrators (including those without the unfiltered_html capability, such as on...

CVSS
4.8 Severity
MEDIUM EPSS
0.0017 (7) KEV
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Source-published summary

Possible impact

Source describes XSS risk. Possible impact: This medium severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for XSS risk.

Affected context

Affected product or version requires source confirmation.

Remediation / advisory

Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory.

Why it matters

Source describes XSS risk. Possible impact: This medium severity issue needs human triage to confirm exposure, affected versions, and vendor guidance for XSS risk.; CVSS 4.8 (MEDIUM); EPSS percentile 7; not listed in KEV; Remediation reference present; patch status requires confirmation in the linked advisory; sources: NVD.

What to verify

Confirm affected product/version, vendor advisory, patch or mitigation, and exposure.

Exposure hint

exposure unknown

Impact tags

XSS risk

Urgency reasons

vendor advisory presentrecent update

Source-derived note

Summary derived from NVD description; unsafe procedural detail is not shown.

Redaction metadata

source summary used: True
fallback summary used: False
unsafe procedural detail present: false
raw source displayed: false
public summary redacted: true

Remediation handoff

Public-safe static handoff for human/Codex remediation planning. Scan, patch, external execution, and auto remediation are disabled.

Handoff JSON Handoff Markdown Safe Codex prompt

Safety note

This radar shows source-published defensive context only. Exploit procedures, exploit strings, scanner commands, and auto-remediation are not provided.

Official references

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-13701