9.9 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.973 High
EPSS
Percentile
99.9%
Ruby on Rails is prone to a remote command execution vulnerability.
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:rubyonrails:rails";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.802050");
script_version("2023-07-27T05:05:08+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2013-0156");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-27 05:05:08 +0000 (Thu, 27 Jul 2023)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2013-01-18 11:03:52 +0530 (Fri, 18 Jan 2013)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_name("Ruby on Rails XML Processor YAML Deserialization RCE Vulnerability");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
script_category(ACT_ATTACK);
script_family("Web application abuses");
script_dependencies("gb_rails_consolidation.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("rails/http/detected");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/51753");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57187");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24019");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.insinuator.net/2013/01/rails-yaml");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://ronin-ruby.github.com/blog/2013/01/09/rails-pocs.html");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://blog.codeclimate.com/blog/2013/01/10/rails-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-explained");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/01/09/serialization-mischief-in-ruby-land-cve-2013-0156");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Ruby on Rails before 2.3.15, 3.0.x before 3.0.19, 3.1.x before 3.1.10,
and 3.2.x before 3.2.11.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Flaw is due to an error when parsing XML parameters, which allows symbol
and yaml types to be a part of the request and can be exploited to execute arbitrary commands.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Ruby on Rails 2.3.15, 3.0.19, 3.1.10, 3.2.11, or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Ruby on Rails is prone to a remote command execution vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_analysis");
exit(0);
}
include("http_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!port = get_app_port(cpe:CPE, service:"www"))
exit(0);
if(!dir = get_app_location(port:port, cpe:CPE))
exit(0);
if(dir == "/")
dir = "";
useragent = http_get_user_agent();
host = http_host_name(port:port);
url = dir + "/posts/search";
req_common = string("POST ", url, " HTTP/1.1\r\n",
"Host: ", host, "\r\n",
"User-Agent: ", useragent, "\r\n",
"Content-Type: application/xml\r\n");
post_data1 = string('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\r\n',
'<probe type="string"><![CDATA[\r\n', 'hello\r\n',
']]></probe>');
req1 = string(req_common, "Content-Length: ", strlen(post_data1), "\r\n\r\n", post_data1);
res1 = http_send_recv(port:port, data:req1);
# nb: Ignore if http status code starts with 4 or 5
if(!res1 || egrep(pattern:"^HTTP/1\.[01] [45][0-9][0-9]", string:res1))
exit(0);
post_data2 = string('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\r\n',
'<probe type="yaml"><![CDATA[\r\n',
'--- !ruby/object:Time {}\r\n','\r\n', ']]></probe>');
req2 = string(req_common, "Content-Length: ", strlen(post_data2), "\r\n\r\n", post_data2);
res2 = http_send_recv(port:port, data:req2);
# nb: Continue if http status code starts with 2 or 3
if(egrep(pattern:"^HTTP/1\.[01] [23][0-9][0-9]", string:res2)) {
post_data3 = string('<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>\r\n',
'<probe type="yaml"><![CDATA[\r\n',
'--- !ruby/object:\x00\r\n', ']]></probe>');
req3 = string(req_common, "Content-Length: ", strlen(post_data3), "\r\n\r\n", post_data3);
res3 = http_send_recv(port:port, data:req3);
if(egrep(pattern:"^HTTP/1\.[01] 200", string:res3)) {
report = http_report_vuln_url(port:port, url:url);
security_message(port:port, data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
exit(0);
blog.codeclimate.com/blog/2013/01/10/rails-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-explained
ronin-ruby.github.com/blog/2013/01/09/rails-pocs.html
secunia.com/advisories/51753
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24019
www.insinuator.net/2013/01/rails-yaml
www.securityfocus.com/bid/57187
community.rapid7.com/community/metasploit/blog/2013/01/09/serialization-mischief-in-ruby-land-cve-2013-0156