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    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2026-6178",
        "assignerOrgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Wordfence",
        "dateReserved": "2026-04-13T02:17:54.899Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-08-26T07:42:00.865Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-08-26T07:42:00.865Z"
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                "orgId": "b15e7b5b-3da4-40ae-a43c-f7aa60e62599",
                "shortName": "Wordfence",
                "dateUpdated": "2026-08-26T07:42:00.865Z"
            },
            "affected": [
                {
                    "vendor": "MuffinGroup",
                    "product": "Betheme",
                    "versions": [
                        {
                            "version": "0",
                            "status": "affected",
                            "lessThanOrEqual": "28.4",
                            "versionType": "semver"
                        }
                    ],
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            ],
            "descriptions": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "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."
                }
            ],
            "title": "Betheme <= 28.4 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'icon_box_2' Shortcode",
            "references": [
                {
                    "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/686dd63b-5471-4654-8009-e3ab648f8b86?source=cve"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/trunk/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11719"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/tags/28.3.3/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11719"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/trunk/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11651"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/tags/28.3.3/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11651"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/trunk/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11840"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/betheme/tags/28.3.3/functions/theme-shortcodes.php#L11840"
                },
                {
                    "url": "https://support.muffingroup.com/changelog/"
                }
            ],
            "problemTypes": [
                {
                    "descriptions": [
                        {
                            "lang": "en",
                            "description": "CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')",
                            "cweId": "CWE-79",
                            "type": "CWE"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ],
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                        "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
                        "baseScore": 6.4,
                        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM"
                    }
                }
            ],
            "credits": [
                {
                    "lang": "en",
                    "type": "finder",
                    "value": "João Pedro Soares de Alcântara"
                }
            ],
            "timeline": [
                {
                    "time": "2026-04-13T02:42:32.000Z",
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Vendor Notified"
                },
                {
                    "time": "2026-08-25T00:00:00.000Z",
                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "Disclosed"
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            ]
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}