#!/usr/bin/python
# 07-07-04
# v1.0.0
# cgi-shell.py
# A simple CGI that executes arbitrary shell commands.
# Copyright Michael Foord
# You are free to modify, use and relicense this code.
# No warranty express or implied for the accuracy, fitness to purpose or otherwise for this code....
# Use at your own risk !!!
# E-mail michael AT foord DOT me DOT uk
# Maintained at www.voidspace.org.uk/atlantibots/pythonutils.html
"""
A simple CGI script to execute shell commands via CGI.
"""
################################################################
# Imports
try:
import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
except:
pass
import sys, cgi, os
sys.stderr = sys.stdout
from time import strftime
import traceback
from StringIO import StringIO
from traceback import print_exc
################################################################
# constants
fontline = ''
versionstring = 'Version 1.0.0 7th July 2004'
if os.environ.has_key("SCRIPT_NAME"):
scriptname = os.environ["SCRIPT_NAME"]
else:
scriptname = ""
METHOD = '"POST"'
################################################################
# Private functions and variables
def getform(valuelist, theform, notpresent=''):
"""This function, given a CGI form, extracts the data from it, based on
valuelist passed in. Any non-present values are set to '' - although this can be changed.
(e.g. to return None so you can test for missing keywords - where '' is a valid answer but to have the field missing isn't.)"""
data = {}
for field in valuelist:
if not theform.has_key(field):
data[field] = notpresent
else:
if type(theform[field]) != type([]):
data[field] = theform[field].value
else:
values = map(lambda x: x.value, theform[field]) # allows for list type values
data[field] = values
return data
theformhead = """
'
################################################################
# main body of the script
if __name__ == '__main__':
print "Content-type: text/html" # this is the header to the server
print # so is this blank line
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
data = getform(['cmd'],form)
thecmd = data['cmd']
print theformhead
print theform
if thecmd:
print '
'
print 'Command : ', thecmd, '
'
print 'Result :
'
try:
child_stdin, child_stdout = os.popen2(thecmd)
child_stdin.close()
result = child_stdout.read()
child_stdout.close()
print result.replace('\n', '
')
except Exception, e: # an error in executing the command
print errormess
f = StringIO()
print_exc(file=f)
a = f.getvalue().splitlines()
for line in a:
print line
print bodyend
"""
TODO/ISSUES
CHANGELOG
07-07-04 Version 1.0.0
A very basic system for executing shell commands.
I may expand it into a proper 'environment' with session persistence...
"""