CVE-2025-69096
Published: 25 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-69096 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 11.8th 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).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Directly addresses improper neutralization of input during web page generation by requiring output filtering to prevent reflected XSS script execution.
Enforces validation of user inputs to block malicious scripts from being reflected in WordPress theme-generated pages.
Mandates identification, reporting, and correction of the specific flaw in Zorka theme versions through <=1.5.7 to eliminate the vulnerability.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables exploitation of web app (T1190) via malicious link-delivered JavaScript execution (T1059.007) for browser session hijacking (T1185).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in G5Theme Zorka zorka allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Zorka: from n/a through <= 1.5.7.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-69096 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the G5Theme Zorka theme for WordPress. This issue affects Zorka versions from n/a through 1.5.7 and was published on 2026-03-25.
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 such as clicking a malicious link. Unauthenticated attackers can exploit it by injecting malicious scripts that reflect off the server in user-generated web pages, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed scope, such as session hijacking or data exfiltration from affected users.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/zorka/vulnerability/wordpress-zorka-theme-1-5-7-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents the Reflected XSS in WordPress Zorka theme version 1.5.7, providing details for security practitioners to assess and address the issue.
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