CVE-2026-57712
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 · uneditedImproper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in WPZOOM WPZOOM Portfolio wpzoom-portfolio allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WPZOOM Portfolio: from n/a through <= 1.4.29.
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 · high confidenceReflected XSS vulnerability in the WPZOOM Portfolio WordPress plugin allows attackers to inject malicious JavaScript through unsanitized user input that gets reflected back in web pages without proper encoding.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm WPZOOM Portfolio plugin is installedLog in to WordPress admin panel and navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins, or check the /wp-content/plugins/ directory for a folder named 'wpzoom-portfolio' or similarAffected if the plugin is present in the WordPress installation
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Identify the installed plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and click on WPZOOM Portfolio to view the version number, or inspect the plugin's main PHP file for a 'Version' header in the plugin commentsAffected if the version displayed is lower than the patched version (contact WPZOOM or check the plugin changelog for the fixed release)
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Check for user input reflection pointsIdentify any frontend-facing portfolio features (search, filter, category selection, pagination parameters) that accept URL parameters and display results on the pageAffected if the plugin has URL parameters that get reflected back in the HTML output without visible encoding
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Test for reflected XSS manuallyUse a browser or proxy to submit a test payload like <script>alert(1)</script> in plugin-related URL parameters (such as search, filter, or pagination params) and check if the payload renders unencoded in the responseAffected if the payload appears as plain text in the page source without being escaped or removed
You are affected if the WPZOOM Portfolio plugin is installed AND your current version predates the patched release that added proper output encoding for reflected parameters.
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.
From vendor dataUpdate WPZOOM Portfolio to the latest version which should include proper input sanitization and output encoding for all user-supplied data, or apply custom sanitization/validation to all input parameters before reflecting them in HTML output.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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