CVE-2025-64260
📋 TL;DR
This vulnerability allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages generated by the ANAC XML Bandi di Gara WordPress plugin. When users visit pages containing the malicious scripts, attackers can steal session cookies, redirect users, or perform actions on their behalf. All WordPress sites using vulnerable versions of this plugin are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- ANAC XML Bandi di Gara WordPress Plugin
⚠️ Manual Verification Required
This CVE does not have specific version information in our database, so automatic vulnerability detection cannot determine if your system is affected.
Why? The CVE database entry doesn't specify which versions are vulnerable (no version ranges provided by the vendor/NVD).
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- Review the CVE details at NVD
- Check vendor security advisories for your specific version
- Test if the vulnerability is exploitable in your environment
- Consider updating to the latest version as a precaution
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Attackers could steal administrator session cookies, gain administrative access to WordPress sites, install backdoors, deface websites, or steal sensitive user data.
Likely Case
Attackers steal user session cookies to hijack accounts, redirect users to malicious sites, or perform actions on behalf of authenticated users.
If Mitigated
With proper input validation and output encoding, malicious scripts would be neutralized before reaching users, preventing exploitation.
🎯 Exploit Status
Reflected XSS vulnerabilities are commonly exploited and require minimal technical skill to weaponize.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 7.8 or later
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log into WordPress admin panel
2. Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
3. Find 'ANAC XML Bandi di Gara'
4. Click 'Update Now' if update is available
5. If no update appears, manually download version 7.8+ from WordPress repository
6. Deactivate old plugin, upload new version, activate
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Web Application Firewall (WAF)
allDeploy a WAF with XSS protection rules to block malicious payloads before they reach the application.
Content Security Policy (CSP)
allImplement a strict CSP header to prevent execution of inline scripts and restrict script sources.
Header set Content-Security-Policy "default-src 'self'; script-src 'self'"
Header set X-Content-Type-Options "nosniff"
Header set X-Frame-Options "SAMEORIGIN"
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Disable or remove the ANAC XML Bandi di Gara plugin immediately
- Implement network-level filtering to block XSS payload patterns at the perimeter
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Check WordPress admin panel > Plugins > ANAC XML Bandi di Gara > Version number. If version is 7.7 or lower, you are vulnerable.Check Version:
wp plugin list --name='ANAC XML Bandi di Gara' --field=versionVerify Fix Applied:
After updating, verify plugin version shows 7.8 or higher in WordPress admin panel.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Unusual GET/POST requests containing script tags or JavaScript payloads
- Multiple failed XSS attempts from same IP
- Unexpected redirects in access logs
Network Indicators:
- HTTP requests containing <script>, javascript:, or encoded XSS payloads
- Unusual outbound connections following reflected XSS exploitation
SIEM Query:
source="web_server" AND (http_uri="*<script>*" OR http_uri="*javascript:*" OR http_uri="*onerror=*" OR http_uri="*onload=*")