Unauthenticated stored XSS via unchecked AJAX handler
Published Oct 15, 2025 · Updated Oct 15, 2025
Stored XSS in Janki Moradiya Find And Replace content for WordPress 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to replace page content. The far_admin_ajax_fun() AJAX handler performs find-and-replace operations on attacker-controlled strings without checking a WordPress capability. Unauthenticated access is sufficient to persist scripts in pages, enabling malicious redirects or privilege escalation when the modified content is viewed.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Janki Moradiya Find And Replace content for WordPress 1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to replace page content. The far_admin_ajax_fun() AJAX handler performs find-and-replace operations on attacker-controlled strings without checking a WordPress capability. Unauthenticated access is sufficient to persist scripts in pages, enabling malicious redirects or privilege escalation when the modified content is viewed.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-10313
- Published
- Oct 15, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 15, 2025
- Vendor
- Janki Moradiya
- Product
- Find And Replace content for WordPress
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Oct 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 15, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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