Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in DesignThemes Portfolio Addon (CVE-2025-68977)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in DesignThemes Portfolio Addon (CVE-2025-68977). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in designthemes DesignThemes Portfolio Addon designthemes-portfolio-addon allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects DesignThemes Portfolio Addon: from n/a through <= 1.5.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-68977 has been found in DesignThemes Portfolio Addon.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "DesignThemes Portfolio Addon CVE-2025-68977" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-68977 (DesignThemes Portfolio Addon) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in DesignThemes Portfolio Addon.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of DesignThemes Portfolio Addon.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで DesignThemes Portfolio Addon を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。