7.2
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-10513
Webmention <= 5.8.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via MF2 'photo'/'url' Author Properties
Description

The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 5.8.0 via parser-derived 'avatar' and 'url' author metadata. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied MF2 author properties processed by the unauthenticated webmention REST endpoint and rendered directly into HTML 'value' attributes by the edit-comment-form template without esc_attr() or esc_url(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a privileged user (moderator or administrator) opens the affected comment edit screen.

INFO

Published Date :

June 30, 2026, 7:16 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 1, 2026, 1:56 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update the Webmention plugin to a version later than 5.8.0 to fix XSS.
  • Update the Webmention plugin to a secure version.
  • Sanitize all user-supplied metadata.
  • Escape output before rendering HTML.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-10513 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Jul. 01, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-10513', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'none'}, {'automatable': 'yes'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-07-01T10:28:37.750716Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jun. 30, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Affected [{'vendor': 'pfefferle', 'product': 'Webmention', 'versions': [{'status': 'affected', 'version': '0', 'versionType': 'semver', 'lessThanOrEqual': '5.8.0'}], 'defaultStatus': 'unaffected'}]
    Added Description The Webmention plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting in versions up to and including 5.8.0 via parser-derived 'avatar' and 'url' author metadata. This is due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user-supplied MF2 author properties processed by the unauthenticated webmention REST endpoint and rendered directly into HTML 'value' attributes by the edit-comment-form template without esc_attr() or esc_url(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a privileged user (moderator or administrator) opens the affected comment edit screen.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-79
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.7.0/includes/handler/class-mf2.php#L129
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/webmention/tags/5.7.0/templates/edit-comment-form.php#L15
    Added Reference https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3583033/webmention
    Added Reference https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5a4e144a-3c84-4da3-8fa6-e5fe9c897efe?source=cve
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