CMS Made Simple version 2.2.15 suffers from a remote shell upload vulnerability.
dc9c78c07b3ed7e55a1c24a996a4e90d1) Summary
Affected software CMS Made Simple-2.2.15
Vendor URLhttp://www.cmsmadesimple.org/ <http://www.cmsmadesimple.org/>
Vulnerability File upload bypass with .phar extension lead to RCE
2) Vulnerability Description
The vulnerability affect the `FilePicker` module,
it is possible to bypass the restriction and upload a malicious file with `.phar` extension to gain Remote Code Execution.
This vulnerability is remotely exploitable and require authentication.
3) PoC and details
* Login into the admin area and surf to the `MicroTiny WYSIWYG editor` functionality then click on the insert/edit image button
* A new window will be opened, now click on the search button, the `CMSMS File Picker` will be shown
* Click on the upload button and Select the .phar file
* Surf to uploads/your-file-name.phar and enjoy the shell
The exploit is working because the upload handler checks only if the extension contains the `php` string (obviously `phar` does not match).
The exploit works fine on a standard Ubuntu system, here the configuration used for the tests:
* Linux ubuntu 5.4.0-58-generic
* php version 7.4.3
* Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
* File Picker version = "1.0.5"
* CMS Made Simple-2.2.15
More details here: https://github.com/beerpwn/CVE/blob/master/cms_made_simple_2021/file_upload_RCE/File_upload_to_RCE.md
4) Credits
This vulnerability has been discovered and reported
by Riccardo Krauter researcher @ Soter IT Security (soteritsecurity.com).
5) Timeline
2021/02/26 Vendor was informed
2021/02/26 Vendor said he won't fix
2021/03/17 Public disclosure