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

CVE-2025-69153

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-07-02
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 7 weeks old

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
Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) in Trendy Travel <= 6.7 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 confidence

Unauthenticated Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Trendy Travel WordPress theme versions 6.7 and below. Attackers can inject malicious JavaScript code through unsanitized user input without requiring authentication, potentially leading to session hijacking, credential theft, or phishing attacks against site visitors.

MitigationUpdate Trendy Travel to a version newer than 6.7. If no patched version is available, implement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data, and consider deploying a Web Application Firewall as a temporary measure.

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CVSS 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
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

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  1. Confirm Trendy Travel theme is installed
    Navigate to wp-content/themes/ directory or check Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin to verify the Trendy Travel theme files exist
    Affected if The theme folder named 'trendy-travel' or similar is present in the WordPress themes directory
  2. Identify the installed theme version
    Open the theme's style.css file located at wp-content/themes/trendy-travel/style.css and locate the 'Version:' declaration in the file header
    Affected if The version number declared in the theme header is 6.7 or lower
  3. Compare version to affected range
    Compare the found version number against the affected range (version 6.7 and below). Any version from 1.0 through 6.7 inclusive is vulnerable.
    Affected if The installed version is 6.7 or any version below 6.7 (e.g., 6.6, 6.5, 1.0)
  4. Verify unauthenticated access is possible
    Confirm the WordPress site allows public/front-end access without requiring login. XSS exploits via the theme would be triggered by unauthenticated visitors.
    Affected if The site has public-facing pages using the Trendy Travel theme that are accessible without authentication
  5. Identify user input points in the theme
    Review the theme's PHP files (especially templates and template-parts) for functions that handle $_GET, $_POST, or $_REQUEST parameters without sanitization. Common XSS vectors include search forms, contact forms, comment fields, or custom input fields.
    Affected if The theme contains any user input handling code that does not use sanitization functions such as esc_html(), esc_attr(), or esc_url() before outputting data

A user is affected if the Trendy Travel WordPress theme version 6.7 or below is installed and active on a publicly accessible WordPress site with user input fields that lack proper sanitization.

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

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dbcve · scoped
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Update Trendy Travel to a version newer than 6.7. If no patched version is available, implement proper input validation and output encoding on all user-supplied data, and consider deploying a Web Application Firewall as a temporary measure.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

Upgrade Trendy Travel theme to the latest available version (newer than 6.7)

  1. 1. Backup your WordPress site before making any changes.
  2. 2. Navigate to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes in WordPress admin.
  3. 3. Check if the current Trendy Travel theme version is 6.7 or lower.
  4. 4. If an update is available, update the theme to the latest version.
  5. 5. Verify the update was successful and the site functions normally.
  6. 6. Test that the XSS vulnerability is no longer present by attempting benign script injection in affected input fields (or use a vulnerability scanner).
Caveat Review theme settings after upgrade as visual/presentation changes may occur in minor updates

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
17.0 hours of engineering $3,000
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