🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-6178

MEDIUM 6.4

Betheme <= 28.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'icon_box_2' Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.3%
EPSS Percentile
28th

The Betheme theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the theme's 'icon_box_2' shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 28.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. 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.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor muffingroup
Product betheme
Published Aug 26, 2026
Last Updated Aug 26, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

MuffinGroup / Betheme
0 ≤ 28.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/686dd63b-5471-4654-8009-e3ab648f8b86?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/trunk/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11719 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/tags/28.3.3/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11719 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/trunk/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11651 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/tags/28.3.3/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11651 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/trunk/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11840 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/tags/28.3.3/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11840 support.muffingroup.com: https://support.muffingroup.com/changelog/

Credits

João Pedro Soares de Alcântara