CVE-2026-25489: Craft Commerce has Stored XSS in Tax Zones (Name & Description) Leading to Potential Privilege Escalation

Summary A stored XSS vulnerability in Craft Commerce allows attackers to execute malicious JavaScript in an administrator’s browser. This occurs because the Name & Description fields in Tax Zones are not properly sanitized before being displayed in the admin panel.

Proof of Concept

Requirments - General permissions: - Access the control panel - Access Craft Commerce - Craft Commerce permissions: - Manage store settings - Manage taxes - An active administrator elevated session

Steps to Reproduce 1. Log in to the Admin Panel with the attacker account with the permissions mentioned above. 2. Navigate to Commerce -> Store Management -> Tax Zones (/admin/commerce/store-management/primary/taxzones). 3. Create a new tax zone. 4. In the Name or Description field, enter the following payload: html <img src=x onerror="alert(document.domain)"> 4. Click Save and you’ll be redirected back to the previous page. 5. Notice the alert proving JavaScript execution. <img width="1904" height="418" alt="poc" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/09bd993b-550e-40fe-b2d7-1608e25fbc01" />

Privilege Escalation to Administrator: 1. Do the same steps above, but replace the payload with a malicious one. 2. The following payload elevates the attacker’s account to Admin if there’s already an elevated session, replace the <UserID> with your attacker id: 3. html <img src=x onerror="fetch('/admin/users/<UserID>/permissions',{method:'POST',body:CRAFTCSRFTOKEN=${Craft.csrfTokenValue}&userId=<UserID>&admin=1&action=users/save-permissions,headers:{'content-type':'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'}})">

4. In another browser, log in as an admin & go to the vulnerable page (tax zones page). 5. Go back to your attacker account & notice you are now an admin.

The privilege escalation requires an elevated session. In a real-world scenario, an attacker can automate the process by forcing a logout if the victim’s session is stale; upon re-authentication, the stored XSS payload executes within a fresh elevated session to complete the attack.

Or even easier (and smarter), an attacker (using the XSS) can create a fake 'Session Expired' login modal overlay. Since it’s on the trusted domain, administrators will likely enter their credentials, sending them directly to the attacker.

References:

https://github.com/craftcms/commerce/commit/fa273330807807d05b564d37c88654cd772839ee