WP-Appbox <= 4.5.4 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Appbox Shortcode
Title source: llmExploitation Summary
EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2025-1489. PoCs published by khaifunglee.
AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-1489, a stored XSS vulnerability in the WordPress plugin WP-Appbox (version 4.5.4). The exploit demonstrates how insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's shortcode handling can lead to attribute-context injection, enabling malicious script execution.
Description
The WP-Appbox plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the plugin's appbox shortcode in all versions up to, and including, 4.5.4 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Exploits (1)
This repository contains a functional proof-of-concept for CVE-2025-1489, a stored XSS vulnerability in the WordPress plugin WP-Appbox (version 4.5.4). The exploit demonstrates how insufficient input sanitization and output escaping in the plugin's shortcode handling can lead to attribute-context injection, enabling malicious script execution.
References (3)
Scores
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N