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CVE-2024-12252 is a vulnerability in the SEO LAT Auto Post plugin for WordPress, affecting all versions up to and including 2.2.1. The vulnerability arises from a missing capability check on the remote_update AJAX action, allowing unauthenticated attackers to overwrite the seo-beginner-auto-post.php file. This can be exploited to upload malicious code and achieve remote code execution on the affected WordPress instance.
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This repository contains a Python exploit script (CVE-2024-12252.py) targeting the SEO LAT Auto Post WordPress plugin (versions <= 2.2.1). The exploit leverages an unauthenticated file overwrite vulnerability in the plugin's remote_update AJAX action, allowing an attacker to overwrite the main plugin PHP file with a malicious web shell. The script automates the process of checking the plugin version, exploiting the vulnerability by providing a URL to a malicious PHP shell, and then interacting with the shell to execute arbitrary commands on the target server. The repository also includes a README with usage instructions, a requirements.txt for dependencies (requests), and a license file. The main attack vector is network-based, exploiting a web endpoint on a vulnerable WordPress installation. Key endpoints include the plugin's readme.txt for version checking, the admin-ajax.php endpoint for exploitation, and the overwritten plugin file for command execution.
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