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 13.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Penetration testing submits XSS payloads to web applications, detecting cross-site scripting flaws for subsequent remediation.
Validates web inputs to reject script-related content that could produce XSS.
Output validation against expected content can reject or sanitize script content in generated web pages, reducing XSS exploitability.
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.
NVD Description
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.
Deeper analysisAI
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.
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