PT-2026-20578 · WordPress · Drift

Peter Thaleikis · Published 2026-02-19 · Updated 2026-02-23 · CVE-2025-12116

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Drift versions prior to 1.5.1

Description The Drift theme for WordPress is susceptible to Stored Cross-Site Scripting through the post title. Insufficient input sanitization and output escaping allow authenticated attackers with Contributor-level access or higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages. These scripts will execute when a user accesses the affected page.

Recommendations Update Drift to version 1.5.1 or later.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-12116

Affected Products

Drift

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12116 · Security Note
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/drift/1.5.0/admin/main/options/00.theme-setup.php#L134 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2025892094137573560 · Twitter Post
• https://wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/93b53241-6556-4a67-97e6-ea30f3c4ef76?source=cve · Note
• https://themes.trac.wordpress.org/browser/drift/1.5.0/admin/main/options/00.theme-setup.php#L122 · Note
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/45057 · Telegram Post