Cyber Posture

CVE-2025-26917

High

Published: 03 March 2025

Published
03 March 2025
Modified
29 April 2026
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0020 42.1th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Description

Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.

Security Summary

CVE-2025-26917 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, manifesting as a Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) issue under CWE-79. It affects the WP Templata plugin (wptemplata) developed by HasThemes for WordPress, impacting all versions from n/a through 1.0.7 inclusive. The vulnerability was published on 2025-03-03.

With a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), the flaw is exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no privileges required, though it demands user interaction. Remote attackers can trick authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with maliciously crafted links or inputs that reflect executable scripts in the browser, leveraging the changed scope to impact the site's security context and achieve low confidentiality, integrity, and availability effects.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wptemplata/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-templata-plugin-1-0-7-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) documents this reflected XSS in WP Templata version 1.0.7, advising practitioners to monitor for vendor patches or updates to mitigate exposure.

Details

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Affected Products

hasthemes
wp templata
≤ 1.0.8

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
T1566.002 Spearphishing Link Initial Access
Adversaries may send spearphishing emails with a malicious link in an attempt to gain access to victim systems.
Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables T1190 (exploiting the web app via crafted input) and facilitates T1566.002 (delivery via malicious links that reflect the script).

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v19.0

References