The Renden theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the post title in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00029.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
thinkupthemes Renden unaffected
Version Status Constraints
* affected ≤ 1.8.1

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https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/renden/1.8.1/admin/main/options/00.theme-setup.php#L41 cve-icon cve-icon
https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/renden/1.8.1/admin/main/options/00.theme-setup.php#L67 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/ab4e8423-9169-4ea3-b519-522e858e8374?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History

Thu, 19 Feb 2026 10:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Thinkupthemes
Thinkupthemes renden
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Vendors & Products Thinkupthemes
Thinkupthemes renden
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Thu, 19 Feb 2026 04:15:00 +0000

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Description The Renden theme for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the post title in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. 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 Renden <= 1.8.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Title
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-19T17:40:52.688Z

Reserved: 2025-10-23T16:04:31.602Z

Link: CVE-2025-12117

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-19T07:17:27.500

Modified: 2026-02-19T15:53:02.850

Link: CVE-2025-12117

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Updated: 2026-02-19T10:07:32Z

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