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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Unauthenticated network XSS (PR:N, AV:N) needing victim click (UI:R); injected script crosses into the browser context (S:C) with limited C/I/A impact typical of XSS.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Real Estate 7 <= 3.5.9 versions.
AnalysisAI
Reflected/stored Cross-Site Scripting in the Real Estate 7 WordPress theme (contempoinc) versions 3.5.9 and earlier lets unauthenticated remote attackers inject arbitrary JavaScript that executes in a victim's browser when they interact with a crafted link or page. The scope-changing flaw (CVSS 3.1 7.1) can hijack sessions or perform actions in the victim's authenticated context, including administrators. Reported by Patchstack; no public exploit code has been identified and it is not on the CISA KEV list.
Technical ContextAI
The affected component is Real Estate 7, a commercial WordPress theme by ContempoInc used to build property-listing and real-estate agency websites (CPE cpe:2.3:a:contempoinc:real_estate_7). The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), meaning user-supplied input is reflected or stored into HTML output without adequate output encoding or input sanitization. Because WordPress themes render dynamic content (search parameters, listing fields, form inputs) directly into pages, an unsanitized value allows an attacker to break out of the intended data context and inject an active <script> payload that the browser executes in the site's origin.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is identified in the provided data, so upgrade to the vendor's latest patched release of Real Estate 7 above 3.5.9 as soon as ContempoInc publishes it, and monitor the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/realestate-7/vulnerability/wordpress-real-estate-7-theme-3-5-9-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) for the exact fix version. As compensating controls until a patch is applied, deploy a Web Application Firewall or Patchstack's virtual patching to filter XSS payloads on the theme's request parameters (trade-off: rule tuning may cause false positives on legitimate listing text); set a restrictive Content-Security-Policy that disallows inline script execution to blunt injected payloads (trade-off: may break theme features that rely on inline scripts and requires testing); and restrict or disable the specific theme input/search endpoints that reflect user data if they are not business-critical (trade-off: reduced site functionality).
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External POC / Exploit Code
Leaving vuln.today
EUVD-2026-41343
GHSA-v47f-fhqp-6ffw