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CVE-2026-83546: unknown coolclock Cross-site Scripting

CVSS: 6.8v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 11-09-2026Last modified 11-09-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-83546 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown coolclock. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 4.3.8.

Overall risk
37/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · +0.20 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 11-09-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-09-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The CoolClock WordPress plugin before 4.3.8 does not properly escape a skin setting before outputting it within an HTML attribute, allowing users with contributor-level access and above to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute when the content is viewed.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.20 pp

From 0.24% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • coolclock≤ 4.3.7 (fixed in 4.3.8)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links