Description
Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.

This issue affects WordPress: from 7.1 through 7.1.2, from 7.0 through 7.0.6, from 6.9 through 6.9.9, from 6.8 through 6.8.10, from 6.7 through 6.7.9, and from 6.6 through 6.6.9.
Published: 2026-10-06
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update the WordPress WordPress wordpress to the latest available version (at least 7.1.3, 7.0.7, 6.9.10, 6.8.11, 6.7.10, 6.6.10).

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History

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in Automattic WordPress wordpress allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 7.1.2. Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in Automattic WordPress allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data. This issue affects WordPress: from 7.1 through 7.1.2, from 7.0 through 7.0.6, from 6.9 through 6.9.9, from 6.8 through 6.8.10, from 6.7 through 6.7.9, and from 6.6 through 6.6.9.
First Time appeared Automattic
Automattic wordpress
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:automattic:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Automattic
Automattic wordpress
References

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 06 Oct 2026 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data vulnerability in Automattic WordPress wordpress allows Retrieve Embedded Sensitive Data.This issue affects WordPress: from n/a through 7.1.2.
Title WordPress Core <= 7.1.2 - Unauthenticated Sensitive Data Exposure of Comments on Private and Unpublished Posts via Comment Feed vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-201
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


Subscriptions

Automattic Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-06T20:05:54.337Z

Reserved: 2026-07-27T14:00:48.793Z

Link: CVE-2026-66666

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T18:21:35.463Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-06T18:16:55.810

Modified: 2026-10-06T21:17:20.977

Link: CVE-2026-66666

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-06T20:00:06Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-201

    Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data