CVE-2026-28075
Published: 05 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-28075 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
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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 theme directly enables T1190 (exploit of public-facing app via crafted input) and requires user interaction with malicious link (T1204.001) to trigger payload execution in browser.
NVD Description
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in p-themes Porto porto allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Porto: from n/a through <= 7.6.2.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2026-28075 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 Porto theme developed by p-themes for WordPress, impacting all versions from n/a through 7.6.2.
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 tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with crafted input reflected in web pages, achieving changed scope with low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, such as executing arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.
Patchstack's advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/porto/vulnerability/wordpress-porto-theme-7-6-2-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve details the Reflected XSS issue in WordPress Porto theme version 7.6.2 and provides information on associated patches and mitigation recommendations for affected deployments.
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