CVE-2026-24955
Published: 20 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-24955 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 in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190); attack requires user click on crafted malicious link (T1204.001).
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in fox-themes Whizz Plugins whizz-plugins allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Whizz Plugins: from n/a through <= 1.9.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-24955 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the fox-themes Whizz Plugins (whizz-plugins) WordPress plugin. This issue affects versions from n/a through 1.9 inclusive, as 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 network accessibility, low attack complexity, no required privileges, and user interaction such as clicking a malicious link. Remote attackers can exploit it by crafting inputs that reflect malicious scripts back to users, executing in the browser context of the vulnerable WordPress site and achieving low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a changed scope.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/whizz-plugins/vulnerability/wordpress-whizz-plugins-plugin-1-9-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
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