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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.
- Products
- wordpress
- Affected versions
- 4.3+dfsg-1, 4.3.1+dfsg-1, 4.4+dfsg-1, 4.4.1+dfsg-1, 4.4.2+dfsg-1, 4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1, 4.8.2+dfsg-2, 4.8.3+dfsg-1, 4.9.1+dfsg-1, 4.9.2+dfsg-1, 4.9.4+dfsg-1, 4.9.5+dfsg1-1, 5.2.2+dfsg1-1, 5.2.4+dfsg1-1, 5.3.2+dfsg1-1, 5.3.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 5.7.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu1, 5.8.1+dfsg1-2ubuntu1, 5.8.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 5.8.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 5.8.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1.1, 6.2+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 6.4.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu1, 6.7.2+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu1, 6.7.2+dfsg1-1.1ubuntu2
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-66666
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:10 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-66666
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Complete source record
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