CVE-2025-68978 (GCVE-0-2025-68978)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-30 10:47 – Updated: 2026-04-28 16:14
VLAI
Title
WordPress DesignThemes Core plugin <= 1.6 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in designthemes DesignThemes Core designthemes-core allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects DesignThemes Core: from n/a through <= 1.6.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-30 16:03 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')
Assigner
Patchstack CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 75/100 over 2839 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
designthemes DesignThemes Core Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.6 (custom)
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Date Public
2026-04-22 14:23
Credits
Phat RiO | Patchstack Bug Bounty Program
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