CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-5077

MediumCVSS 5.4
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.19%

9th percentile - higher than 9% of all known CVEs

Summary

The Total theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post titles in versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 due to insufficient output escaping when rendering the_title() inside HTML attribute context in the home blog section template. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the malicious post to be published and displayed with a featured image in the Home Page blog section.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browsers of users visiting the site, potentially leading to session theft or other actions on behalf of the victim. However, this requires publishing a malicious post with a featured image in the home page blog section.

Recommendation

Update the Total theme to a version later than 2.2.1 that contains the fix. Until updated, restrict the ability to publish posts for low-privileged users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The Total theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via post titles in versions up to, and including, 2.2.1 due to insufficient output escaping when rendering the_title() inside HTML attribute context in the home blog section template. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires the malicious post to be published and displayed with a featured image in the Home Page blog section.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS