Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft malicious XSS payload URL
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DeliveryLure victim to click link (UI:R)
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ExploitUnsanitized input reflected by plugin
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ExecutionScript executes in victim browser
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ImpactHijack session or perform actions as victim
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 a victim to interact with an attacker-supplied link or crafted request (UI:R in the CVSS vector) that reaches a vulnerable, unsanitized input-handling path in the Progressify - Progressive Web App (PWA) plugin version 1.6.0 or earlier on a WordPress site. No authentication is required (PR:N), so any unauthenticated remote attacker can craft the payload, but the attack cannot complete without the victim clicking/visiting - this user-interaction requirement is the primary limiting factor. The specific injectable parameter or endpoint is not named in the available description; defenders should treat any site running the plugin at <= 1.6.0 as exposed and upgrade past 1.6.0. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity reflected/stored Cross-Site Scripting flaw (CWE-79) with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1. The vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C) indicates network-reachable, low-complexity, unauthenticated exploitation, but critically requires user interaction (UI:R) - a victim must click a crafted link or visit an attacker-influenced page, which meaningfully limits mass automated exploitation. The scope change (S:C) reflects that injected script executes in the victim's browser context rather than the WordPress backend, and impacts are capped at Low across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No EPSS score, SSVC decision, KEV listing, or public POC was provided in the intelligence set; therefore there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. The practical risk is elevated by the unauthenticated nature (PR:N) but tempered by the UI:R requirement and the typically low real-world install base of this specific plugin - this reads as a real-but-not-urgent issue rather than a top-priority emergency. Note the A:L (availability) impact is somewhat unusual for an XSS finding and appears to be Patchstack/NVD scoring convention rather than a distinct availability attack; defenders should treat the dominant impact as session/browser-context compromise. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a malicious URL or payload targeting a vulnerable parameter in the Progressify PWA plugin (<= 1.6.0) and lures a WordPress site visitor or administrator into clicking it. When the page renders the unsanitized input, attacker-controlled JavaScript executes in the victim's browser session, enabling session token theft, actions on behalf of the victim, or redirection to attacker infrastructure. No authentication is required to deliver the payload, but the attack depends on victim interaction, and no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 06, 2026
Reflected/stored cross-site scripting in the WordPress plugin Progressify - Progressive Web App (PWA) at versions 1.6.0 and earlier lets an unauthenticated remote attacker inject script that executes in a victim's browser session, rated CVSS 3.1 base 7.1 with scope change. The vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L) confirms no authentication is needed to deliver the payload, but a victim must be induced to click a crafted link or visit a manipulated page before the script runs, which is the main limiting factor; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not confirmed actively exploited (no CISA KEV listing). Sites running the affected plugin should treat any page reachable at or below 1.6.0 as exposed until upgraded.
RemediationAI
The provided intelligence does not include an explicit fixed version string; because the advisory records the vulnerable range as Progressify - Progressive Web App (PWA) 1.6.0 and earlier, the primary action is to update the plugin to the first release published after 1.6.0 and confirm the installed version via the WordPress Plugins screen (or WP-CLI 'wp plugin list') before considering the site remediated - patch status should therefore be described as 'fix version not independently confirmed in the supplied data' rather than assuming a specific number. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, deactivate the plugin entirely (the only fully effective control, at the cost of losing all PWA functionality such as manifest, service worker, and install prompts), or, where that is unacceptable, front the site with a WAF or reverse proxy that applies XSS/HTML-injection rules to requests targeting the plugin's routes and blocks reflected payloads, understanding that such signatures are heuristic and bypassable. Additionally, enforce a strict Content-Security-Policy that disallows inline and untrusted script sources on pages where the plugin renders output (with the trade-off of potentially breaking PWA service worker registration and inline-script-dependent themes), ensure the WordPress core, other plugins, and themes are current, and advise users with elevated privileges to avoid following untrusted links into the affected plugin's pages while the site remains unpatched; monitor the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/daftplug-progressify/vulnerability/wordpress-progressify-progressive-web-app-pwa-plugin-1-6-0-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for the confirmed patched release and any updated guidance.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The target is a third-party WordPress plugin (vendor namespace daftplug) that turns a site into a Progressive Web App, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:daftplug:progressify_-_progressive_web_app_(pwa):*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation) is the root-cause class: user-controllable input reaches an output path - most plausibly a plugin-supplied endpoint, shortcode, or AJAX/REST handler in the plugin's PWA front-end code - without adequate encoding or sanitization, so the attacker's markup is reflected into the HTML response and parsed as script by the browser. Because the CVSS vector carries S:C (scope change), the injected script is assessed as executing with privileges beyond the vulnerable component's original security context, which in a WordPress setting typically means running in the context of the affected site's origin and any session cookies, nonces, or admin-facing functionality reachable from that origin. The PR:N component indicates the injection point is reachable without credentials, while UI:R reflects that the payload requires a victim to load the crafted URL or page; the specific injectable parameter or endpoint is not named in the available description, which elevates the importance of treating the entire plugin surface at <= 1.6.0 as potentially vulnerable.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Unauthenticated network-delivered XSS (AV:N/PR:N) requiring victim interaction (UI:R); script runs in browser context so scope changes (S:C) with Low browser-context impacts.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Progressify - Progressive Web App (PWA) <= 1.6.0 versions.
Executive ViewAI
The Progressify - Progressive Web App (PWA) WordPress plugin, versions 1.6.0 and earlier, contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into victim browser sessions, potentially leading to session hijacking, data theft, or site defacement. This affects all site visitors and administrators, and with no vendor patch available, organizations using this plugin face heightened risk of reputation damage and regulatory scrutiny if exploited.
No vendor patch available. Interim mitigations include disabling or removing the Progressify - PWA plugin (versions 1.6.0 and earlier), deploying WAF rules to block XSS payloads targeting the plugin, enforcing strict Content Security Policy (CSP) headers, and implementing continuous security monitoring for suspicious script injections or anomalous user behavior.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
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