DarcieWordPress extension · Catchthemes
CVE-2023-25961
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedUnauth. Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Catch Themes Darcie theme <= 1.1.5 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceUnauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Catch Themes Darcie WordPress theme versions 1.1.5 and below. The vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts through unsanitized user inputs that are reflected back in the application's response.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
DarcieWordPress extension
< 1.1.6CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Darcie theme directoryNavigate to wp-content/themes/ in your WordPress installation and check for a folder named 'darcie'Affected if The darcie folder exists in the themes directory
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Find the theme version fileOpen the style.css file inside the darcie theme folder and look for the 'Version:' comment at the top of the fileAffected if The Version field shows a number less than 1.1.6 (such as 1.1.5, 1.1.4, etc.)
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Verify the theme is activeCheck your WordPress admin dashboard under Appearance > Themes to confirm whether Darcie is the currently active themeAffected if Darcie is shown as the active theme and the version is below 1.1.6
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Inspect for unsanitized query parametersReview server access logs or application requests for unsanitized parameters that might be reflected in the page response without proper encodingAffected if User-supplied input from the request is reflected in the response without HTML escaping
Your environment is affected if the Darcie WordPress theme is installed and active with version 1.1.5 or below.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped1.1.6
Update the Darcie theme to version 1.1.6 or later. If no patched version is available, remove or replace the theme with a secure alternative.
Darcie theme version 1.1.6
- Update the Darcie theme to version 1.1.6 or later via the WordPress theme repository, WordPress admin dashboard (Appearance > Themes), or by uploading the latest version from Catch Themes.
- After updating, verify the version number reflects 1.1.6 or higher in the theme settings or theme directory.
- Test the application to confirm the fix resolves the reflected XSS vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Darcie
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation1.0 h
- Implementation1.0 h
- Testing1.0 h
- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-25961 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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