CVE-2026-28102
Published: 05 March 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-28102 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-2026-28102 is an Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation vulnerability, classified as Reflected Cross-site Scripting (XSS) under CWE-79, in the LambertGroup UberSlider Classic WordPress plugin (uberSlider_classic). The issue affects versions from n/a through 2.5 inclusive, as published on 2026-03-05.
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 privileges required, and user interaction needed, with changed scope and low impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Remote attackers can exploit it by tricking authenticated or unauthenticated users into interacting with malicious input, such as via a crafted link, to inject and execute arbitrary scripts in the victim's browser context.
Mitigation details are available in the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/uberSlider_classic/vulnerability/wordpress-uberslider-classic-plugin-2-5-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-9757
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in LambertGroup UberSlider Classic uberSlider_classic allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects UberSlider Classic: from n/a through <= 2.5.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Reflected XSS in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables exploitation of the web application (T1190) to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim's browser (T1059.007) when the user clicks a crafted malicious link (T1204.001).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation and neutralization of untrusted input before it is used in web page generation, blocking the reflected XSS payload in uberSlider_classic.
Requires filtering or encoding of information output to browsers, preventing arbitrary script execution from the crafted reflected input.
Provides mechanisms to detect and block malicious script injection attempts that match the reflected XSS pattern described in the CVE.