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CVE-2025-5304 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the PT Project Notebooks plugin for WordPress affecting versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3. The issue is caused by missing authorization checks in the wpnb_pto_new_users_add() function. Because the vulnerable functionality does not properly verify whether the caller is permitted to create or assign privileged users, an unauthenticated attacker can invoke it to elevate privileges to the administrator level.
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This repository contains a single Python exploit script (CVE-2025-5304.py) targeting the PT Project Notebooks WordPress plugin (versions 1.0.0 through 1.1.3) for CVE-2025-5304, a critical unauthenticated privilege escalation vulnerability. The exploit works by first confirming the plugin version via the readme.txt file, then extracting a nonce and AJAX URL from the site's front page. It then sends a crafted POST request to the AJAX endpoint (typically /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php or a custom URL) with the action 'wpnb_pto_new_users_add', the extracted nonce, the target user ID, and user_type=2, which grants Administrator privileges to the specified user. The script supports optional cookie injection for session-bound nonces. The repository also includes a README.md with detailed usage instructions, a license file, and a requirements.txt listing Python dependencies. The exploit is operational and provides a working privilege escalation if the target is vulnerable.
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