Ektron CMS400.NET Default Password Scanner - Metasploit
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Module Overview
Name: Ektron CMS400.NET Default Password Scanner
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/ektron_cms400net
Source code: modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/ektron_cms400net.rb
Disclosure date: -
Last modification time: 2017-07-24 06:26:21 +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: -
Ektron CMS400.NET is a web content management system based on .NET. This module tests for installations that are utilizing default passwords set by the vendor. Additionally, it has the ability to brute force user accounts. Note that Ektron CMS400.NET, by default, enforces account lockouts for regular user account after a number of failed attempts.
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/ektron_cms400net
msf auxiliary(ektron_cms400net) > show options
... show and set options ...
msf auxiliary(ektron_cms400net) > set RHOSTS ip-range
msf auxiliary(ektron_cms400net) > exploit
Other examples of setting the RHOSTS option:
Example 1:
msf auxiliary(ektron_cms400net) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.3-192.168.1.200
Example 2:
msf auxiliary(ektron_cms400net) > set RHOSTS 192.168.1.1/24
Example 3:
msf auxiliary(ektron_cms400net) > 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/ektron_cms400net auxiliary module looks in the msfconsole:
msf6 > use auxiliary/scanner/http/ektron_cms400net
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/ektron_cms400net) > show info
Name: Ektron CMS400.NET Default Password Scanner
Module: auxiliary/scanner/http/ektron_cms400net
License: Metasploit Framework License (BSD)
Rank: Normal
Provided by:
Justin Cacak
Check supported:
No
Basic options:
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
BRUTEFORCE_SPEED 5 yes How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
DB_ALL_CREDS false no Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
DB_ALL_PASS false no Add all passwords in the current database to the list
DB_ALL_USERS false no Add all users in the current database to the list
PASSWORD no A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE no File containing passwords, one per line
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
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
URI /WorkArea/login.aspx yes Path to the CMS400.NET login page
USERNAME no A specific username to authenticate as
USERPASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/cms400net_default_userpass.txt no File containing users and passwords
USER_AS_PASS false no Try the username as the password for all users
USER_FILE no File containing usernames, one per line
VERBOSE true yes Whether to print output for all attempts
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Description:
Ektron CMS400.NET is a web content management system based on .NET.
This module tests for installations that are utilizing default
passwords set by the vendor. Additionally, it has the ability to
brute force user accounts. Note that Ektron CMS400.NET, by default,
enforces account lockouts for regular user account after a number of
failed attempts.
Module Options
This is a complete list of options available in the scanner/http/ektron_cms400net auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/ektron_cms400net) > show options
Module options (auxiliary/scanner/http/ektron_cms400net):
Name Current Setting Required Description
---- --------------- -------- -----------
BRUTEFORCE_SPEED 5 yes How fast to bruteforce, from 0 to 5
DB_ALL_CREDS false no Try each user/password couple stored in the current database
DB_ALL_PASS false no Add all passwords in the current database to the list
DB_ALL_USERS false no Add all users in the current database to the list
PASSWORD no A specific password to authenticate with
PASS_FILE no File containing passwords, one per line
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
STOP_ON_SUCCESS false yes Stop guessing when a credential works for a host
THREADS 1 yes The number of concurrent threads (max one per host)
URI /WorkArea/login.aspx yes Path to the CMS400.NET login page
USERNAME no A specific username to authenticate as
USERPASS_FILE /opt/metasploit-framework/embedded/framework/data/wordlists/cms400net_default_userpass.txt no File containing users and passwords
USER_AS_PASS false no Try the username as the password for all users
USER_FILE no File containing usernames, one per line
VERBOSE true yes Whether to print output for all attempts
VHOST no HTTP server virtual host
Advanced Options
Here is a complete list of advanced options supported by the scanner/http/ektron_cms400net auxiliary module:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/ektron_cms400net) > show advanced
Module advanced options (auxiliary/scanner/http/ektron_cms400net):
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
MaxGuessesPerService 0 no Maximum number of credentials to try per service instance. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be used.
MaxGuessesPerUser 0 no Maximum guesses for a particular username for the service instance. Note that users are considered unique among different services, so a user at 10.1.1.1:22
is different from one at 10.2.2.2:22, and both will be tried up to the MaxGuessesPerUser limit. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be use
d.
MaxMinutesPerService 0 no Maximum time in minutes to bruteforce the service instance. If set to zero or a non-number, this option will not be used.
PASSWORD_SPRAY false yes Reverse the credential pairing order. For each password, attempt every possible user.
REMOVE_PASS_FILE false yes Automatically delete the PASS_FILE on module completion
REMOVE_USERPASS_FILE false yes Automatically delete the USERPASS_FILE on module completion
REMOVE_USER_FILE false yes Automatically delete the USER_FILE on module completion
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
TRANSITION_DELAY 0 no Amount of time (in minutes) to delay before transitioning to the next user in the array (or password when PASSWORD_SPRAY=true)
UserAgent Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1) no The User-Agent header to use for all requests
WORKSPACE no Specify the workspace for this module
Auxiliary Actions
This is a list of all auxiliary actions that the scanner/http/ektron_cms400net module can do:
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/ektron_cms400net) > show actions
Auxiliary actions:
Name Description
---- -----------
Evasion Options
Here is the full list of possible evasion options supported by the scanner/http/ektron_cms400net auxiliary module in order to evade defenses (e.g. Antivirus, EDR, Firewall, NIDS etc.):
msf6 auxiliary(scanner/http/ektron_cms400net) > 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:
- Connection timed out
- Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at <TARGET_URL>. May need to set VHOST or RPORT. [HTTP <RES.CODE>]
- Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at <TARGET_URL> [HTTP <RES.CODE>]
- <TARGET_URL> [Ekton CMS400.NET] - Failed login as: '<USER>'
- <TARGET_URL> [Error] Unable to authenticate. Check parameters. [HTTP <RES.CODE>]
- http://<TARTGET_URL> - <E.TO_S>
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.
Connection timed out
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Connection timed out" error message:
67: 'method' => 'GET',
68: 'uri' => normalize_uri(datastore['URI'])
69: }, 20)
70:
71: if res.nil?
72: print_error("Connection timed out")
73: return
74: end
75:
76: # Check for HTTP 200 response.
77: # Numerous versions and configs make if difficult to further fingerprint.
Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at <TARGET_URL>. May need to set VHOST or RPORT. [HTTP <RES.CODE>]
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at <TARGET_URL>. May need to set VHOST or RPORT. [HTTP <RES.CODE>]" error message:
97: print_status "Testing passwords at #{target_url}"
98: each_user_pass { |user, pass|
99: do_login(user, pass, viewstate, eventvalidation)
100: }
101: else
102: print_error("Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at #{target_url}. May need to set VHOST or RPORT. [HTTP #{res.code}]")
103: end
104:
105: rescue
106: print_error("Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at #{target_url} [HTTP #{res.code}]")
107: return
Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at <TARGET_URL> [HTTP <RES.CODE>]
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at <TARGET_URL> [HTTP <RES.CODE>]" error message:
101: else
102: print_error("Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at #{target_url}. May need to set VHOST or RPORT. [HTTP #{res.code}]")
103: end
104:
105: rescue
106: print_error("Ektron CMS400.NET login page not found at #{target_url} [HTTP #{res.code}]")
107: return
108: end
109: end
110:
111: def get_version
<TARGET_URL> [Ekton CMS400.NET] - Failed login as: '<USER>'
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> [Ekton CMS400.NET] - Failed login as: '<USER>'" error message:
168: if (res and res.code == 200 and res.body.to_s.match(/LoginSuceededPanel/i) != nil)
169: print_good("#{target_url} [Ektron CMS400.NET] Successful login: '#{user}' : '#{pass}'")
170: report_cred(ip: rhost, port: rport, user: user, password: pass, proof: res.body)
171:
172: elsif(res and res.code == 200)
173: vprint_error("#{target_url} [Ekton CMS400.NET] - Failed login as: '#{user}'")
174: else
175: print_error("#{target_url} [Error] Unable to authenticate. Check parameters. [HTTP #{res.code}]")
176: return :abort
177: end
178:
<TARGET_URL> [Error] Unable to authenticate. Check parameters. [HTTP <RES.CODE>]
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "<TARGET_URL> [Error] Unable to authenticate. Check parameters. [HTTP <RES.CODE>]" error message:
170: report_cred(ip: rhost, port: rport, user: user, password: pass, proof: res.body)
171:
172: elsif(res and res.code == 200)
173: vprint_error("#{target_url} [Ekton CMS400.NET] - Failed login as: '#{user}'")
174: else
175: print_error("#{target_url} [Error] Unable to authenticate. Check parameters. [HTTP #{res.code}]")
176: return :abort
177: end
178:
179: rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError => e
180: vprint_error("http://#{tartget_url} - #{e.to_s}")
http://<TARTGET_URL> - <E.TO_S>
Here is a relevant code snippet related to the "http://<TARTGET_URL> - <E.TO_S>" error message:
175: print_error("#{target_url} [Error] Unable to authenticate. Check parameters. [HTTP #{res.code}]")
176: return :abort
177: end
178:
179: rescue ::Rex::ConnectionError => e
180: vprint_error("http://#{tartget_url} - #{e.to_s}")
181: return :abort
182: end
183:
184: end
185: end
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Related Pull Requests
- #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
- #6655 Merged Pull Request: use MetasploitModule as a class name
- #6648 Merged Pull Request: Change metasploit class names
- #5768 Merged Pull Request: Update modules to use metasploit-credential instead of report_auth_info
- #5540 Merged Pull Request: Using the new cred API for multiple auxiliary modules
- #5059 Merged Pull Request: Yard doc corrections
- #4536 Merged Pull Request: Fix couple of warning when running on ruby 2.2
- #4379 Merged Pull Request: fix msftidy warnings
- #2525 Merged Pull Request: Change module boilerplate
- #2426 Merged Pull Request: Find and replace Msf::Config.install_root, "data"
- #2259 Merged Pull Request: [FixRM #8319] - Properly disable BLANK_PASSWORDS for ektron_cms400net
- #1047 Merged Pull Request: Set normalize uri on modules
- #984 Merged Pull Request: Correct some modules with res nil
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See Also
Check also the following modules related to this module:
- exploit/windows/misc/eiqnetworks_esa
- exploit/windows/browser/nctaudiofile2_setformatlikesample
- exploit/windows/fileformat/ms10_004_textbytesatom
- exploit/windows/ftp/cesarftp_mkd
- exploit/linux/misc/nimbus_gettopologyhistory_cmd_exec
- exploit/windows/http/ektron_xslt_exec
- exploit/windows/http/ektron_xslt_exec_ws
Authors
- Justin Cacak
Version
This page has been produced using Metasploit Framework version 6.1.27-dev. For more modules, visit the Metasploit Module Library.
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