Drupal Views Module Users Enumeration - Metasploit


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Module Overview


Name: Drupal Views Module Users Enumeration
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum.rb
Disclosure date: 2010-07-02
Last modification time: 2020-11-09 16:03:23 +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: -

This module exploits an information disclosure vulnerability in the 'Views' module of Drupal, brute-forcing the first 10 usernames from 'a' to 'z'. Drupal 6 with 'Views' module <= 6.x-2.11 are vulnerable. Drupal does not consider disclosure of usernames as a weakness.

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


This module is a scanner module, and is capable of testing against multiple hosts.

msf > use auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum
msf auxiliary(drupal_views_user_enum) > show options
    ... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(drupal_views_user_enum) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(drupal_views_user_enum) > exploit

Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:

Example 1:

msf auxiliary(drupal_views_user_enum) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200 

Example 2:

msf auxiliary(drupal_views_user_enum) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24

Example 3:

msf auxiliary(drupal_views_user_enum) > set RHOSTS file:/tmp/ip_list.txt

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 scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:

msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum) > show info

       Name: Drupal Views Module Users Enumeration
     Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum
    License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
       Rank: Normal
  Disclosed: 2010-07-02

Provided by:
  Justin Klein Keane
  Robin Francois <[email protected]>
  Brandon McCann "zeknox" <[email protected]>

Check supported:
  Yes

Basic options:
  Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
  ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
  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       Drupal Path
  THREADS    1                yes       The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
  VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Description:
  This module exploits an information disclosure vulnerability in the 
  'Views' module of Drupal, brute-forcing the first 10 usernames from 
  'a' to 'z'. Drupal 6 with 'Views' module <= 6.x-2.11 are vulnerable. 
  Drupal does not consider disclosure of usernames as a weakness.

References:
  http://www.madirish.net/node/465
  https://www.drupal.org/node/1004778

Module Options


This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum auxiliary module:

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum) > show options

Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum):

   Name       Current Setting  Required  Description
   ----       ---------------  --------  -----------
   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       Drupal Path
   THREADS    1                yes       The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
   VHOST                       no        HTTP server virtual host

Advanced Options


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

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum) > show advanced

Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum):

   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)
   ShowProgress          true                                                yes       Display progress messages during a scan
   ShowProgressPercent   10                                                  yes       The interval in percent that progress should be shown
   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 scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum module can do:

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum) > show actions

Auxiliary actions:

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

Evasion Options


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

msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/drupal_views_user_enum) > 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:

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.

Access denied


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Access denied" error message:

54:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Unknown
55:	    end
56:	
57:	    if res.body.include?('Access denied')
58:	      # This probably means the Views Module actually isn't installed
59:	      print_error("Access denied")
60:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
61:	    elsif res.message != 'OK' || res.body != '[  ]'
62:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Safe
63:	    else
64:	      return Exploit::CheckCode::Appears

<IP> does not appear to be vulnerable, will not continue


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<IP> does not appear to be vulnerable, will not continue" error message:

90:	  end
91:	
92:	  def run_host(ip)
93:	    # Check if remote host is available or appears vulnerable
94:	    unless check_host(ip) == Exploit::CheckCode::Appears
95:	      print_error("#{ip} does not appear to be vulnerable, will not continue")
96:	      return
97:	    end
98:	
99:	    print_status("Begin enumerating users at #{vhost}")
100:	

Exception encountered parsing JSON response


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Exception encountered parsing JSON response" error message:

110:	
111:	      if res && res.message == 'OK'
112:	        begin
113:	          user_list = JSON.parse(res.body)
114:	        rescue JSON::ParserError => e
115:	          elog('Exception encountered parsing JSON response', error: e)
116:	          return []
117:	        end
118:	        if user_list.empty?
119:	          vprint_error("Not found with: #{l}")
120:	        else

Not found with: <L>


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Not found with: <L>" error message:

114:	        rescue JSON::ParserError => e
115:	          elog('Exception encountered parsing JSON response', error: e)
116:	          return []
117:	        end
118:	        if user_list.empty?
119:	          vprint_error("Not found with: #{l}")
120:	        else
121:	          vprint_good("Found: #{user_list}")
122:	          results << user_list.flatten.uniq
123:	        end
124:	      else

Unexpected results from server


Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Unexpected results from server" error message:

120:	        else
121:	          vprint_good("Found: #{user_list}")
122:	          results << user_list.flatten.uniq
123:	        end
124:	      else
125:	        print_error("Unexpected results from server")
126:	        return
127:	      end
128:	    end
129:	    results = results.flatten.uniq
130:	    print_status("Done. #{results.length} usernames found...")

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References


See Also


Check also the following modules related to this module:

Authors


  • Justin Klein Keane
  • Robin Francois <rof[at]navixia.com>
  • Brandon McCann "zeknox" <bmccann[at]accuvant.com>

Version


This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.36-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.

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