Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessRegister or use Subscriber-level account
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DeliveryInject script into 'Current location'/'Author profile image URL' field
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ExploitPayload stored unsanitized in profile
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ExecutionVictim loads author/profile page
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PersistScript executes in victim browser session
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ImpactSession hijack or privileged action
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 authenticated account with Subscriber-level access or above (PR:L) that can edit the Graphene-specific 'Current location' and 'Author profile image URL' profile fields; the injected payload is stored and fires when any user - typically an admin or visitor - loads a page rendering that profile/author data, so no interaction from the attacker is needed at trigger time (UI:N). Key limiting factors: the site must run the Graphene theme at version 2.9.4 or earlier, and the attacker must obtain at least Subscriber privileges - a low bar on sites with open registration but a hard stop on sites that disable self-registration or restrict account creation. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-risk, authenticated stored XSS (CVSS 6.4, CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) that realistically sits well below top-priority despite its network attack vector. The CVSS vector confirms low attack complexity and no user interaction to trigger the payload once stored, but PR:L means an attacker must first hold a valid account at Subscriber level or higher - a meaningful barrier on sites that do not allow open or untrusted registration. The scope change (S:C) and limited confidentiality/integrity impact (C:L/I:L) are consistent with classic WordPress stored XSS that executes in other users' browser sessions rather than compromising the server directly. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit was supplied in the intelligence, so this is 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis' - do not treat it as actively exploited. No EPSS score was provided, so exploitation-probability data is MISSING and cannot be weighed here. The signals are internally consistent (network-reachable but privilege-gated, low impact), so there is no contradiction to flag; the practical priority is elevated mainly on sites that permit self-registration, where a low-privilege Subscriber can reach the vulnerable profile fields. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | On a Graphene-themed WordPress site that allows self-registration, an attacker registers a Subscriber account and injects a malicious script into the 'Current location' or 'Author profile image URL' profile fields, which are stored without sufficient sanitization or output escaping. When an administrator or other visitor views a page rendering that profile data (e.g., the author loop), the script executes in their browser, enabling session/cookie theft or admin-context actions. No public exploit code was identified in the provided intelligence. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 10, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the Graphene theme for WordPress through version 2.9.4 allows any authenticated user holding Subscriber-level access or above to plant persistent JavaScript in the theme's 'Current location' and 'Author profile image URL' profile fields, which then executes in the browser of every user who loads a page rendering that author data - including administrators. The flaw stems from insufficient input sanitization and output escaping (CWE-79) and was reported by Wordfence; the CVSS 3.1 score is 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), reflecting that the attacker needs only a low-privilege account but the injected script can run in a scope beyond the vulnerable component. There is no KEV listing and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis, and the fixes appear in the WordPress theme Trac changesets comparing 2.9.4 against 2.9.6.
RemediationAI
The primary fix is to upgrade the Graphene theme to version 2.9.6 or later, the release in which the sanitization and escaping corrections to admin/user.php and loop-author.php were published in the WordPress theme Trac (see the changeset links above); verify the applied version in the WordPress Themes screen or via wp-cli after updating. Because the payload is stored in the database rather than only in code, patching alone does not remove already-injected scripts - after upgrading, audit and clean the user meta for 'Current location' and 'Author profile image URL' across all accounts, paying particular attention to Subscriber-role users, and consider temporarily deactivating the theme if a prompt update is not possible. As compensating controls where immediate upgrade is blocked: disable open/self-registration and restrict account provisioning so untrusted users cannot obtain the Subscriber-level access required to reach the vulnerable profile fields (trade-off: not viable for public community sites and only reduces, not eliminates, exposure from existing accounts); drop or sanitize the two affected profile fields via a small mu-plugin or by overriding the theme templates so the raw values are never rendered (trade-off: removes legitimate author-location and avatar-url functionality and must be maintained across theme updates); and front a WAF rule set that filters script-bearing payloads in profile submissions and blocks inline script output on author pages (trade-off: signature-based, bypassable, and can break legitimate markup). Note that this is an authenticated, moderate-severity issue with no KEV listing and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis, so remediation should be scheduled through normal patch cycles rather than emergency response.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Graphene is a third-party WordPress theme distributed through the official theme repository by vendor 'silverks'. The issue is a classic stored/persistent XSS (CWE-79) arising from user-supplied profile metadata that is saved without adequate sanitization and later emitted into HTML without output encoding. Two specific vectors are implicated by the patched source files: the 'Current location' field and the 'Author profile image URL' field. The changesets show edits to loop-author.php (the front-end author byline/loop template that renders the stored values on posts and archive pages) and admin/user.php (the admin-side profile handling where the value is accepted and stored), confirming the vulnerability spans both the write path and the render path. Because WordPress profiles are editable by any user with an account, and the theme renders author metadata across public-facing pages, a payload placed by a low-privileged Subscriber is reflected into the admin dashboard and public site for higher-privileged viewers. The CVSS scope change (S:C) reflects this cross-boundary execution: Subscriber-controlled input executes in the security context of administrative sessions. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:silverks:graphene:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* identifies the affected product family, with the version ceiling of 2.9.4 stated in the description.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Stored XSS reachable over the network with low complexity but requires a Subscriber account (PR:L); payload executes in other users' context (S:C) with limited C/I impact and no availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).
CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence
DescriptionCVE.org
The Graphene theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'Current location' and 'Author profile image URL' Profile Fields in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Threat Intelligence Overview
How this decision was reached
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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.
EUVD-2026-96115
GHSA-ccpv-ph2f-3cx3
NVD
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