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Cross-site Scripting (XSS)Weakness · CWE-79

CVE-2025-69096

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-03-25
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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78/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges

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 · unedited
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in G5Theme Zorka zorka allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Zorka: from n/a through <= 1.5.7.

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 confidence

Reflected XSS vulnerability in G5Theme Zorka allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript code via unsanitized user input that gets reflected back in web pages. The vulnerability affects all versions up to and including 1.5.7.

MitigationImplement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied parameters before rendering in HTML context. Use context-appropriate encoding (HTML entity encoding for HTML body, attribute, JavaScript, CSS, and URL contexts).

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

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 checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Locate Zorka theme version
    Inspect the theme's style.css file (typically in wp-content/themes/zorka/) or theme.json for the 'Version' header, or check the theme administration panel for version information
    Affected if The version listed is 1.5.7 or lower (any version up to and including 1.5.7)
  2. Identify reflected parameters
    Review web application source code (theme templates, functions.php) for occurrences where PHP variables like $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST are directly output to HTML without visible sanitization functions such as esc_html(), esc_attr(), or htmlspecialchars()
    Affected if User-supplied parameters from URL query strings or form inputs are found being output directly into HTML without encoding functions
  3. Test for XSS in browser
    Using a browser's developer tools or a proxy, submit a test payload such as <script>alert('XSS')</script> or <img src=x onerror=alert('XSS')> as a parameter value in the application's URLs and observe if the payload renders as plain text or executes as JavaScript
    Affected if The payload is rendered as executable JavaScript or the browser executes the script rather than displaying it as harmless text

You are affected if the installed Zorka theme version is 1.5.7 or lower AND user-supplied input is reflected in web pages without proper HTML encoding.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied parameters before rendering in HTML context. Use context-appropriate encoding (HTML entity encoding for HTML body, attribute, JavaScript, CSS, and URL contexts).

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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