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CVE-2024-4439: WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via user display names in the Avatar block in various versions up to 6.5.2 due to insufficient output escaping on the display name. This mak

high Affects WordPress core. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

WordPress Core is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via user display names in the Avatar block in various versions up to 6.5.2 due to insufficient output escaping on the display name. This mak

Package
WordPress core WordPress
Affected versions
>=6.0 and <=6.0.7 or >=6.1 and <=6.1.5 or >=6.2 and <=6.2.4 or >=6.3 and <=6.3.3 or >=6.4.0 and <=6.4.3 or >=6.5 and <=6.5.1
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
high  CVSS 7.2
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 71% (99.4th percentile)
Published
2024-05-03
Source
nvd

References

CWE-80
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