Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-50006

High

Published: 22 January 2026

Published
22 January 2026
Modified
27 April 2026
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
EPSS Score 0.0006 20.3th percentile
Risk Priority 14 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-50006 is a high-severity Cross-site Scripting (CWE-79) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 20.3th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-15 (Information Output Filtering).

Deeper analysis

CVE-2025-50006 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the Jthemes xSmart (xsmart) WordPress theme. This issue affects xSmart versions from n/a through 1.2.9.4.

The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), indicating network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction needed for exploitation. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated users into interacting with maliciously crafted input, such as a specially prepared URL, leading to reflected XSS execution in the victim's browser. This enables limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a scope change due to the cross-origin context.

The Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/xsmart/vulnerability/wordpress-xsmart-theme-1-2-9-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) details the Reflected XSS vulnerability in the xSmart WordPress theme version 1.2.9.4.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Jthemes xSmart xsmart allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects xSmart: from n/a through <= 1.2.9.4.

CWE(s)
CWE-79

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Why these techniques?

Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables exploitation of the web application via crafted URL input.

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly requires validation and neutralization of untrusted input before it is used in web page generation, preventing the reflected XSS payload from executing.

SI-15 Information Output Filtering partial match
prevent

Requires filtering of information output by the system, which can block malicious script content from being reflected back to the browser.

SI-4 System Monitoring partial match
detect

Enables monitoring of web requests and responses to identify anomalous input patterns indicative of reflected XSS attempts against the theme.

References