CVE-2026-27348
Published: 05 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-27348 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.
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?
DOM-based XSS in public-facing WordPress theme directly enables T1190 exploitation; crafted malicious links to trigger it map to T1566.002 delivery; arbitrary script execution in browser context maps to T1059.007.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in ThemeGoods Photography photography allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects Photography: from n/a through < 7.7.6.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-27348 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as DOM-Based Cross-site Scripting (XSS, CWE-79), in the ThemeGoods Photography WordPress theme. Published on 2026-03-05, it affects all versions of the Photography theme from n/a through those prior to 7.7.6.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.1 (High), with attack vector of network (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), no privileges required (PR:N), and user interaction required (UI:R). Successful exploitation changes scope (S:C) and results in low impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:L/I:L/A:L). Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated users into interacting with malicious content, such as crafted links or inputs, to inject and execute scripts in the victim's browser context.
The Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/photography/vulnerability/wordpress-photography-theme-7-6-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the issue in the Photography theme, with mitigation achieved by updating to version 7.7.6 or later, which resolves the DOM-Based XSS flaw.
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