WordPress Comment2Shell Flaw Can Turn Anonymous Comment XSS Into RCE via Admin Session

The Hacker News - Sep 22, 2026

A new flaw in WordPress core let an anonymous visitor leave a comment that planted a hidden script on the page. If a logged-in administrator later opened that page, the script could run code on the site's server. WordPress fixed the flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-93485 and dubbed "Comment2Shell," on September 17 in version 7.1.1 and told site owners to update right away. The

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