Medium 6.4Published Jun 18, 2026

CVE-2026-12098PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry <= 11.16.8 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'embed' Episode Meta Field

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 6:40 PM ET)

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The PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'embed' Episode Meta Field in all versions up to, and including, 11.16.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The embed value is stored via update_post_meta() rather than through WordPress core's post content pipeline, meaning kses-on-save filtering is never applied — even for Author-role users who would otherwise lack unfiltered_html — making this path unprotected by WordPress's standard role-based XSS mitigations.

CVSS: 6.4 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-79
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Wordfence
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: Jun 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry blubrry:powerpress_podcasting_plugin_by_blubrry (from the name)	through 11.16.8	CNA record

References

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7a74e4fb-15a9-4fc9-afa6-396b0f026615?source=cve
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerpress/tags/11.16.8/powerpress.php#L659
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerpress/tags/11.16.8/powerpress.php#L420
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerpress/tags/11.16.8/powerpressadmin.php#L2984
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerpress/tags/11.16.4/powerpress.php#L659
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerpress/tags/11.16.4/powerpress.php#L420
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/powerpress/tags/11.16.4/powerpressadmin.php#L2984
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3575897%40powerpress&new=3575897%40powerpress&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=

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