CVE-2026-24948
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24948 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 14.4th 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-2026-24948 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, enabling Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) as classified under CWE-79. It affects the Reflector plugin (reflector-plugins) developed by fox-themes for WordPress, impacting all versions from an unspecified starting point through 1.2.2. The vulnerability was published on 2026-02-20.
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 it is exploitable remotely over the network with low attack complexity and no required privileges, though it requires user interaction. Attackers can trick authenticated or unauthenticated users into accessing a maliciously crafted URL or input that reflects executable scripts in the browser, achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability within a changed security scope.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/reflector-plugins/vulnerability/wordpress-reflector-plugin-1-2-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve documents this reflected XSS issue in the WordPress Reflector plugin version 1.2.2 and provides associated mitigation guidance for affected deployments.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-8362
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in fox-themes Reflector reflector-plugins allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Reflector: from n/a through <= 1.2.2.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS (CWE-79) in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application for client-side script execution; maps to T1190 for initial access via the vulnerable public app and T1059.007 for JavaScript execution in the browser context.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and neutralization of untrusted input before web page generation, blocking the reflected XSS payload in CVE-2026-24948.
Requires filtering/encoding of information outputs to neutralize script content reflected back to users via the vulnerable plugin endpoint.
Mandates timely remediation of identified flaws such as the improper neutralization in Reflector <=1.2.2, eliminating the reflected XSS vector through patching.