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Rehub Theme CVE-2025-64197

MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2025-10-29 audit@patchstack.com
6.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: patchstack
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Obtain low-privilege authenticated account
  2. Delivery
    Inject script payload into vulnerable Rehub theme field
  3. Exploit
    Payload stored unsanitized in site
  4. Execution
    Admin/user views affected page
  5. Persist
    Script executes in victim browser
  6. Impact
    Session hijack or privileged action

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated account with at least low-privilege content-submission rights on the Rehub theme site (PR:L) - not anonymous/default access - plus victim interaction, since the stored payload only executes when another user or administrator later views the affected page (UI:R). This limits realistic exploitation to sites that provision multiple or lower-trust user roles (multi-author blogs, membership/marketplace sites); single-admin installations have a substantially reduced attack surface. The specific vulnerable input field is not named in the available description. Upgrading to Rehub 19.9.9.1 or later is the stated fix boundary.

Impact

This is a stored XSS flaw (CWE-79) in the commercial Rehub WordPress theme by sizam, carrying a moderate CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L). The vector indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity attack but requires an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L) and victim interaction (UI:R), with a scope change (S:C) reflecting script execution in another user's browser context and only Low impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The real-world exploitation signals are weak: EPSS is just 0.20% (9th percentile), the vulnerability is NOT in CISA KEV, and no public exploit code was identified in the provided sources - so exploitation status is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' These signals are consistent rather than conflicting: a moderate-severity, authentication-gated stored XSS with low EPSS is a routine patch-management item, not an emergency. It is a genuine but lower-priority issue - meaningful in multi-author or membership WordPress sites where lower-privileged accounts exist, but not a high-urgency, widely-weaponized threat. The data is sourced solely from Patchstack via NVD; no independent vendor advisory text was provided, so affected-version precision ('n/a through < 19.9.9.1') should be verified against the sizam changelog.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated low-privilege user (e.g. a contributor or author on a multi-author Rehub site) submits content containing a malicious script payload into a theme input field that is not properly neutralized. The payload is stored and later rendered when an administrator or other user views the affected page, executing attacker-controlled JavaScript in the victim's browser session. No public proof-of-concept was identified at the time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Stored cross-site scripting in the Rehub WordPress theme affects all versions prior to 19.9.9.1, allowing an authenticated attacker holding only low-privilege content-submission rights to plant a persistent script payload that executes when another user or an administrator later views the affected page. The flaw carries a moderate CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating that exploitation requires an account on the target site plus victim interaction, which concentrates real-world risk on multi-author blogs, membership and marketplace sites rather than single-admin installations. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, and EPSS places exploitation likelihood at roughly 0.20% (9th percentile), so prioritization should follow normal authenticated-XSS patch cycles rather than emergency response. The reported vector contains PR:L, confirming the attacker must be authenticated at low privilege; the specific vulnerable input field is not named in the available description, and upgrading to Rehub 19.9.9.1 or later is the stated fix boundary.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor-released patch by upgrading the Rehub theme to version 19.9.9.1 or later, which is the exact fix boundary named in the advisory; validate after upgrade that the theme version reported in the WordPress dashboard matches, since stale or cached theme files can mask an incomplete update. Where immediate upgrading is not possible, compensate by tightening the roles that can submit content: the attack requires an authenticated low-privilege account (PR:L), so removing contributor/author-level access from untrusted users, disabling open self-registration, and auditing existing unpublished and pending posts for injected script markup directly removes the required precondition - at the cost of restricting normal editorial workflows on multi-author, membership, or marketplace sites. Pair this with a Content Security Policy that blocks inline and third-party script execution and with a WAF rule targeting script injection in theme-rendered fields; note that strict CSP can break legitimate theme scripts and inline styles, and WAF rules may produce false positives on content containing HTML, so both should be deployed in report-only or monitor mode first. Administrators should also review stored pages and custom-field values for unexpected script tags and force a password/session reset only if compromise is suspected, since no evidence of active exploitation exists (not in CISA KEV, no public exploit code, EPSS ~0.20%). Consult the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/rehub-theme/vulnerability/wordpress-rehub-theme-19-9-9-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for the latest vendor guidance.

Affected ProductsAI

The affected product is the Rehub WordPress theme (rehub-theme) by sizam, with all versions from n/a through versions earlier than 19.9.9.1 impacted, as stated in the description "from n/a through < 19.9.9.1"; Rehub 19.9.9.1 is the fixed release and the boundary after which installations are considered patched. No CPE strings were provided in the source data, so identification should be performed by checking the installed theme's version string in the WordPress admin or theme directory rather than by CPE matching. The authoritative advisory is the Patchstack entry at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/rehub-theme/vulnerability/wordpress-rehub-theme-19-9-9-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve, which also credits the reporting researcher (audit@patchstack.com). Because this is a distributed commercial theme, affected sites typically run it as their active or parent theme, so every page rendered through the theme's templates should be presumed to be within scope until the version is verified.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation, realized as a stored (persistent) XSS in the commercial Rehub WordPress theme authored by sizam. WordPress themes frequently render user-supplied content - post bodies, custom fields, shortcode attributes, theme-option-driven blocks, and template output - through PHP templates without sufficient escaping or sanitization, so data written to the database by a lower-trust role is echoed back into HTML on later page views. Because the payload is persisted server-side rather than reflected in a single request, it detonates when any subsequent visitor, including an administrator, loads the poisoned page; the CVSS scope-changed metric (S:C) reflects that the injected script can act beyond the vulnerable component's own security context, potentially reaching session tokens, admin-scoped AJAX actions, or theme settings UI. The vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R describes a network-reachable, low-complexity attack that still demands an authenticated low-privilege foothold (content-submission rights) and a user who views the crafted page. The structured tags (WordPress, XSS, WordPress Theme) and the source reference confirm this is a WordPress-ecosystem theme vulnerability catalogued through Patchstack's database rather than a core WordPress or plugin issue, and no CPE entries beyond the theme itself were supplied.

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Severity by source

Vendor (patchstack) PRIMARY 6.5 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Stored XSS requires an authenticated low-privilege poster (PR:L) and a victim viewing the content (UI:R); script runs in the victim's browser (S:C) with limited Low impact across C/I/A.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (patchstack).

CVSS VectorVendor: patchstack

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

DescriptionCVE.org

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in sizam Rehub rehub-theme allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Rehub: from n/a through < 19.9.9.1.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular premium WordPress affiliate/review theme, common but not ubiquitous
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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