CVE-2024-47533 PoC — Cobbler allows anyone to connect to cobbler XML-RPC server with a known password and make changes

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# CVE-2024-47533 – Cobbler XML-RPC Authentication Bypass Exploit

## 📜 Description

CVE-2024-47533 is a **critical authentication bypass vulnerability** in [Cobbler](https://github.com/cobbler/cobbler), a Linux installation server that automates network-based OS installs.  
The flaw is caused by an issue in `utils.get_shared_secret()` which **always returns `-1`**, enabling **unauthenticated** access to the Cobbler XML-RPC API.

An attacker can connect with:
- **Username:** `""` (empty string)  
- **Password:** `-1`  

This grants **administrator-level access** to perform actions like adding distros, managing profiles, or executing system commands via Cobbler.

- **Affected Versions:** 3.0.0 → before 3.2.3 and 3.3.0 → before 3.3.7  
- **Patched Versions:** 3.2.3 and 3.3.7  
- **CVSS Score:** 9.8 (Critical)  

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## ⚠️ Disclaimer

This repository is for **educational and authorized security testing** only.  
Do **NOT** run this exploit on systems you do not own or have explicit permission to test.  
The author(s) are not responsible for any misuse.

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