CVE-2026-5077
Stored XSS in Total WordPress Theme via Post Titles
Publication date: 2026-05-02
Last updated on: 2026-05-05
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| total_theme | total_theme | to 2.2.1 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The Total theme for WordPress has a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in versions up to and including 2.2.1. This occurs because the theme does not properly escape output when rendering post titles inside an HTML attribute in the home blog section template.
Authenticated users with contributor-level access or higher can exploit this by injecting malicious scripts into post titles. When these posts are published and displayed with a featured image on the Home Page blog section, the injected scripts execute whenever a user views the page.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability allows attackers with contributor-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in the browsers of users who visit the affected pages.
The impact includes potential theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or other malicious actions performed via the injected scripts.
Since the vulnerability requires authenticated access and user interaction, the risk is moderate, reflected by a CVSS base score of 5.4.