Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessCraft malicious URL with XSS payload
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DeliveryDeliver link to victim via phishing
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ExploitVictim clicks, payload reflects unsanitized
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ExecutionScript executes in victim browser session
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ImpactSteal session or act as victim
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 attacker to deliver a crafted link containing the XSS payload to a victim and have that victim open it in a browser (UI:R) - reflected XSS is not stored, so there is no persistent trigger and no server-side state change. The condition is unauthenticated reachability of an Armania theme page (<= 1.4.8) that reflects attacker-controlled input without proper output encoding. Limiting factors: success depends entirely on social-engineering the victim into clicking, the payload executes only in that individual victim's session, and impact scales with the privilege of the tricked user (greatest if an administrator is targeted). Sites running Armania 1.4.9+ or with WAF/input-filtering in front are not affected. |
| Impact | This is a reflected Cross-Site Scripting flaw (CWE-79) in the Armania WordPress theme by KuteThemes, rated CVSS 7.1 with vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C. The network vector, low complexity, and lack of required privileges (PR:N) make it reachable by unauthenticated remote attackers, but UI:R means a victim must be induced to click a crafted link - a meaningful limiting factor that keeps this from being a wormable or mass-automatable issue. The elevated 7.1 score is driven largely by the scope change (S:C), reflecting XSS crossing the trust boundary into the victim's authenticated browser session. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public proof-of-concept is present in the supplied data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation. Reflected XSS requiring user interaction in a niche commercial theme is typically opportunistic/targeted rather than widespread; practical priority is MEDIUM - patch in the normal cycle unless the theme is deployed on a high-value or administrator-facing site. The input lists A:L (availability impact) for a reflected XSS, which is unusual - reflected XSS normally has no availability impact - and this appears to be a conservative/inflated vendor scoring choice worth noting. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker crafts a URL to a vulnerable Armania-themed WordPress site embedding malicious JavaScript in an unsanitized reflected parameter, then delivers it to a logged-in user or administrator via phishing, a forum post, or a malicious link. When the victim clicks, the script executes in their browser under the site's origin, enabling session/cookie theft or actions performed as the victim. No public exploit code is identified in the provided data, and successful exploitation depends on the victim interacting with the attacker-supplied link (UI:R). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 10, 2026
Reflected cross-site scripting in the Armania WordPress theme by KuteThemes, affecting all versions through 1.4.8, allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary script in a victim's browser session if they are induced to open a crafted link. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), with the scope change reflecting that the injected script runs in the context of the affected WordPress site rather than the attacker's origin; no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and there is no confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV). The practical impact is escalation of the attacker's footprint within the victim's session - most severe when the tricked user is an authenticated administrator - but the attack depends entirely on successful social engineering and does not alter server-side state.
RemediationAI
The primary fix is to update the Armania theme past the vulnerable 1.4.8 boundary to version 1.4.9 or later, the point at which the independent assessment indicates sites are no longer affected; because no tagged patched release is explicitly cited in the reference set, verify the current theme version and changelog in the WordPress.org theme directory or KuteThemes distribution channel before relying on the update, and consult the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/theme/armania/vulnerability/wordpress-armania-theme-1-4-8-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve for the vendor-reported patched version. If upgrading is not immediately possible, compensating controls are: deploy a web application firewall rule set (or a WordPress security plugin with virtual patching) that blocks reflected-script payloads in query strings and POST bodies targeted at theme endpoints - the trade-off is potential false positives on legitimate parameters and the need to keep signatures current; alternatively, temporarily deactivate the Armania theme in favor of a maintained alternative, which removes the vulnerable code path entirely at the cost of visual/branding changes and potential layout regressions on the site. Additional hardening that reduces exploitability without side effects includes setting the HttpOnly and SameSite attributes on WordPress authentication cookies to blunt script access to admin sessions, and enforcing a strict Content-Security-Policy that disallows inline script; both limit payload utility but do not remove the underlying reflection bug. Note that reflected XSS cannot be mitigated by input filtering alone in every code path, so patching remains the only complete remedy.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This is a classic reflected cross-site scripting issue (CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation) in a third-party WordPress theme. Armania, maintained under the kutethemes vendor namespace (CPE cpe:2.3:a:kutethemes:armania:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*), reflects attacker-controlled request input back into an HTML response without adequate output encoding, so the browser parses the injected markup as script rather than text. Because the payload is reflected rather than stored, there is no persistent trigger and no database write, which is why the assessment sets user interaction (UI:R) as a prerequisite and scope change (S:C) rather than a stored-XSS profile. Any page in a vulnerable theme installation that echoes request parameters, such as search, 404, or parameter-driven template output, is a candidate delivery surface; the theme runs with the privileges of the site's authenticated session context, so a payload executing under an administrator's cookies can reach theme/plugin administration functionality. The PublicWWW-style attack chain is HTTP-level only: no authentication, no server-side exploitation, and no privilege prerequisite beyond unauthenticated reachability of the vulnerable page.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Unauthenticated reflected XSS reachable over the network (PR:N/AV:N/AC:L) but needing victim click (UI:R); scope change (S:C) into the browser with low C/I; no real availability impact (A:N).
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Armania <= 1.4.8 versions.
Executive ViewAI
A high-severity reflected cross-site scripting flaw in the Armania WordPress theme (KuteThemes), affecting all versions through 1.4.8, allows an attacker to run malicious script in the browser of anyone who clicks a crafted link. Because exploitation depends entirely on tricking a user - most damagingly a logged-in site administrator - into opening that link, the primary organizational risk is session hijacking or unauthorized administrative actions taken under a trusted user's identity, not direct compromise of the web server. Leadership should care because any public-facing site running this theme is a viable phishing lure for staff and customers, and no vendor patch is currently available.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations: deactivate or replace the Armania theme, apply WAF/edge virtual patching for reflected XSS in theme parameters, shorten administrator session lifetimes, and reinforce anti-phishing guidance for privileged users.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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SSVC AssessmentENISA
Priority Score
Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Local file inclusion in the Armania WordPress theme (versions up to and including 1.4.8) allows unauthenticated remote a
Improper neutralization of script-related HTML tags in the Armania WordPress theme (versions up to 1.4.8) allows unauthe
EUVD-2026-96494
GHSA-28h8-x569-2ch3
NVD
CVE.org
EPSS
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Exploit-DB