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CVE-2026-96895
Unknown WP YouTube Lyte — WP YouTube Lyte < 1.7.31 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via Embed Block Attributes
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L H R U H H H 6.8 .0024 13.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
WP YouTube Lyte unspecified —
TIMELINE
Sep 23 Reserved by WPScan
Sep 27 Published (CNA: WPScan)
Sep 28 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-96895 (Unknown WP YouTube Lyte). Public exploit reference added.
Description
The WP YouTube Lyte WordPress plugin before 1.7.31 does not escape some attributes of YouTube embed blocks before outputting them in an HTML attribute when rendering the block, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| September 23, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by WPScan |
| September 27, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: WPScan) |
| September 28, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-96895 (Unknown WP YouTube Lyte). Public exploit reference added. |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Unknown | WP YouTube Lyte | — | — | — |
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This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2026-96895 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Saturday, October 3, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.