# CVE-2019-20933
> InfluxDB before 1.7.6 has an authentication bypass vulnerability in the authenticate function in services/httpd/handler.go because a JWT token may have an empty SharedSecret (aka shared secret).
(see [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20933](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-20933) For more details)
## PoC
This PoC exploits the above CVE to make a quick and dirty influxDB client.
## Usage:
usage: influx-client.py [-h] [--host HOST] [--port PORT] [--user USER] [--db DB] query
A simple, silly, over-the-top influxdb client made in Python
positional arguments:
query The query to execute. default: SHOW DATABASES
optional arguments:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
--host HOST The target IP. (default: localhost)
--port PORT, -p PORT The target port. (default: 8086)
--user USER The target username. (default: admin)
--db DB The database to use.
## Acknowledgements
Portions of code borrowed from https://github.com/LorenzoTullini/InfluxDB-Exploit-CVE-2019-20933
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