CVE-2026-65538
WordPress Machete plugin <= 5.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Author Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Machete <= 5.2 versions.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
WordPress Machete plugin <= 5.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Author Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Machete <= 5.2 versions.
- Record
CVE-2026-65538- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-48139
Author Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Machete <= 5.2 versions.
- Record
EUVD-2026-48139- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wjhx-5m6h-5x26
Author Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Machete <= 5.2 versions.
Author Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Machete <= 5.2 versions.
- Record
GHSA-wjhx-5m6h-5x26- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Author Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Machete <= 5.2 versions.
- Record
CVE-2026-65538- CVSS 3.1
- 5.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-65538 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) in Nilo Velez Machete, published July 23, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.