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WordPress unauth comment XSS before 7.1.1

Unauthenticated visitors could land DOM-based XSS through WordPress core comment handling on versions before the 7.1.1 maintenance and security release (and matching backports on older trains). Upgrade to the patched train for your major version.

Also tracked as CVE-2026-93485 · WordPress 7.1 comment XSS

First observed

Sep 18, 2026

Last observed

Sep 18, 2026

Last reviewed

Sep 20, 2026

Tracking ended

Sep 18, 2026

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Uncertainty and limitations

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Exact comment/wpautop trigger path and which backported trains are fully fixed should be confirmed against the WordPress 7.1.1 release notes for your installed major.

  • Not every WordPress site is on the 7.1 train — confirm your major and apply the matching security release.
  • WAF rules are not a substitute for the core upgrade.
  • This campaign tracks the core XSS issue, not unrelated plugin XSS in the same news cycle.

Timeline

Reviewed events, oldest first, each tied to a verified source.

  1. Disclosure

    CVE-2026-93485 disclosed for WordPress core unauth DOM XSS via comment handling.

  2. Vendor action

    WordPress 7.1.1 maintenance and security release published with the XSS fix and older-train backports.

  3. Update

    HOL Guard published the operator blog and social for CVE-2026-93485.

Publication clock: 55.0 hours from reviewed disclosure timestamp to HOL publication; 24-hour high target; historical backfill outside target.

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No campaign-specific policy guidance is published.

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  • WordPress@<7.1.1 (7.1 train)wordpresspackage

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Reviewed in full by HOL Guard Security Publishing.

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Record HGTC-2026-F8D54E43.